Farmers, foreign policy, and party politics prior to 1930 -- The progressive tide and foreign policy, 1930-1936 -- Decline of the West and resurgence in the East, 1936-1938 -- Receding progressivism and foreign policy, 1939 -- The rapid decline of agrarian progressive foreign policy, 1939-1940 -- Grassroots politics and the repeal of neutrality, 1941 -- Chronology of events -- Appendix A: Voting tables -- Appendix B: Biographical sketches