Introduction: War in the twentieth century / Willard Waller
[1.] Historical: The World War of 1914-1918 / Harry Elmer Barnes
The peace of Paris: Europe between two wars / Walter Consuelo Langsam
[3.] The effects of the First World War: The economic war since 1918 / Benjamin Higgins
The World War and the arts / Frances Winwar
The rise of the Soviet state / David Krinkin
The rise of fascism / Cliffor Kirkpatrick
[4.] Historical interlude: Treaty diplomacy since the First World War / Lamar Middleton
How the war of 1939 began / Quincy Howe
[5.] Society in war time: Economy in war time / Franz B. Wolf
The state in war time / Max Lerner
Propaganda and public opinion / Ralph D. Casey
War and social institutions / Willard Waller
[6.] War and civilization: The prospects of Western civilization / Ralph Linton.