From Isolation to War

Justus D. Donecke is professor of history at New Collegeof Florida, where he has been a member of the history faculty since1969. He received his B.A. from Colgate University in 1960 and hisPh.D. from Princeton University in 1966. His books include Notto the Swift: The Old Isolationists in the Cold War Era (1979);The Presidencies of James A Garfield and Chester A. Arthur(1981); When the Wicked Rise: American Opinion-Makers and theManchurian Crisis of 1931-1933 (1984); Anti-Intervention: ABibliographical Introduction to Isolationism and Pacifism fromWorld War I to the Early Cold War (1987); The Battle againstIntervention, 1939-1941 (1997); and The New Deal (2002). Hisbook In Danger Undaunted: Anti-Interventionist Movement of1940-1941 as Revealed in the papers of the America FirstCommittee (1990) was awarded the Arthur S. Link Prize forDocumentary Editing by the Society for Historians of AmericanForeign Relations. His book Storm on the Horizon: The Challengeto American Intervention, 1939-1941 (2000) received the annualHerbert Hoover Book Award from the Hoover Presidential Library,West Branch, Iowa, as best book on any topic of American historywithin the years 1914-1964. The late John E. Wilz was professor of history at IndianaUniversity, Bloomington, where he has been a member of the historyfaculty from 1958 until his death in 1994. He received his B.A.from the University of Kentucky in 1954 and his Ph.D. from theinstitution in 1959. His books include In Search for Peace: TheSenate Munitions Inquiry, 1934-36 (1963); The Teaching ofAmerican History in High Schools (with Maurice G. Baxter andRobert F. Ferrell, 1964); The Search for Identity: ModernAmerican History (1973); The Search for Memory: Viewpointsin American History (with Richard E. Marshall, 1973); Booksin American History: A Basic List for High Schools and JuniorColleges (2nd ed.; with Nancy C. Cridland, 1981);Democracy Challenged: The United States since World War II(1990); and United States Policy vis-à-vis Korea,1850-1950 (1992). He was a Fulbright-Hays lecturer at theUniversity of West Indies, Jamaica; Hamburg University; and GrazUniversity.