American foreign policy in the making 1932 - 1940 C.1

THE nature and limitations of this work are described in Chapter III, entitled "Problems Posed by Charges of War Guilt," pp. 43-46. This volume deals with public statements of foreign policy (1932-40), not with pronouncements on international morality, or with secret negotiations, offers, and promises in foreign affairs. To Miss Louise Powelson and Miss Susanna Small, both

students of exceptional competence, I am deeply indebted

for invaluable assistance in research. With characteristic generosity, Professor Edwin Bor chard, whose mastery of international law is everywhere acknowledged by scholars, has aided me in the assembly of materials, read the entire manuscript, and given me critical counsel such as any student might covet. No mere line in this preface can discharge my indebtedness to him.

For the privilege of quoting many passages from Thomas A. Bailey's Woodrow Wilson and the Great Betrayal, I am under special obligations to the publishers, The Macmillan Company, of New York City.