Abandoning American Neutrality

1. "An Awful Cataclysm": British War Aims, Neutral Rights at Sea, and Early US Mediation Efforts, July 1914–September 1914 2. "An Exceedingly Tender Spot": The Conclusion of the Declaration of London Debate, Britain's Revised Order in Council, and the US Mid-Term Congressional Elections, October 1914–November 1914 3. "At Peace With the World": The Developing Anglo-American Munitions Trade and US Efforts to Maintain the Spirit of Neutrality, October 1914–December 1914 4. "A Friend to All of Them": Munitions Bills, A Government Owned Merchant Marine and Restarting Talks of Mediation, December 1914–January 1915 5. "Twittering of a Sparrow": House's Second Mission to Europe, German Submarines, Strict Accountability, and the Tightening of the Allied Blockade, February 1915–April 1915 6. "The Palliations of Piracy": The Submarine Crisis, Shell Shortages, and the Failure of House's Second Mission to Europe, April 1915–June 1915 7. "The Shadow of War": Britain's Economic Emergency, US Distrust of Germany, the New Course for U.S. Policy toward the Belligerents, June 1915–August 1915 8. "He Has Thus Crossed the Rubicon": The Conclusion of the Arabic Crisis, German Sabotage, and Clandestine US Mediation Efforts, September 1915–December 1915