Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Clark memorandum refutes the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the good neighbor policy -- The Stimson Doctrine -- Ambassador Joseph Grew sets out the problems in relations with Japan -- Stanley Hornbeck, chief of the division of far eastern affairs, calls for American preparedness against Japan, March 27, 1935 -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt's quarantine speech -- President Roosevelt asks congress for increased spending on armaments, January 28, 1938 -- Japanese foreign minister Fumimaro Konoe announces Japan's claim to a "new order in East Asia" -- Stanley K. Hornbeck calls for economic sanctions against Japan, November 14, 1939 -- Ambassador to Japan Joseph Grew opposes economic sanctions, December 1, 1939 -- The 1935 neutrality act -- President Roosevelt's December 17, 1940, press conference -- President Roosevelt's "arsenal of democracy" address, December 29, 1940 -- President Roosevelt sets out the four freedoms, January 6, 1941 -- Congressional opponents of land-lease -- The Atlantic Charter -- Exchange of letters between ambassador Grew and president imperial conference, July 2, 1941 -- Japanese leaders discuss to take French Indochina -- Roosevelt warns Japan to cease its expansion Japan's final negotiating terms -- The United States rejects Japan's final offer -- President Roosevelt's war message, December 8, 1941.