WAR AGAINST REASON.

Reflects on the role of the periodical in the Great War of 1914. Political and economic conditions in the United States during 1917; Accounts of the United States' entry into the war and the manner in which President Woodrow Wilson chose to enter it; Contribution of the periodical in transforming President Wilson from being the insistent advocate of American neutrality into a war leader; Promotion of progressivism by the editors of the periodical; Impact of author Randolph Bourne's break up with the periodical during the country's entry into the war.