Introduction -- Retreat from Versailles -- The eyes and ears of the world-1. -- Small-town America -- Into the 20's -- Shadow over Washington -- The eyes and ears of the world-2. -- The great euphoria -- The new morality -- The great crash -- Famous faces of the Twenties -- Roots of disaster -- After the crash -- "Hunger is not debatable" -- The eyes and ears of the world-3. -- Half turn left -- New Deal upbeat -- Famous faces of the Thirties -- Time of troubles -- The eyes and ears of the world-4. -- The king in check -- The turbulent years -- Isolation or intervention? -- The eyes and ears of the world-5. -- Arsenal of democracy -- On the brink.