Woodrow Wilson, State Papers and Addresses, pp. 464-479;
P. S. Reinsch, World Politics, pp. 327-362.
Group Problems
1. How the United States became a world power. Early relations with Europe. The Monroe Doctrine. The opening of Japan. The war with Spain and the new acquisitions. John Hay and the “open door.” The World War and its aftermath. Scope of American interests today. References: J. H. Latané, America as a World Power, pp. 3-28; 63-81; Ibid., The United States and Latin America, pp. 61-291; A. C. Coolidge, The United States as a World Power, pp. 121-147; J. W. Foster, American Diplomacy in the Orient, pp. 399-438; W. M. Fullerton, Problems of Power, pp. 11-43; P. S. Reinsch, World Politics, pp. 309-336.
2. How foreign trade affects the national welfare. Foreign trade and national prosperity. Foreign trade and world power. “Dollar Diplomacy.” Trade and imperialism. References: C. M. Pepper, American Foreign Trade, pp. 3-32; 62-89; 110-139; J. D. Whelpley, The Trade of the World, pp. 391-425; A. J. Wolfe, Theory and Practice of International Commerce, pp. 495-522; C. L. Jones, Caribbean Interests of the United States, pp. 1-16; L. C. and T. F. Ford, The Foreign Trade of the United States, pp. 1-27.
3. How the building of the Panama Canal extended American interests abroad. References: Lincoln Hutchinson, The Panama Canal and International Trade Competition, pp. 46-97; F. A. Ogg, National Progress, pp. 246-265; A. B. Hart, The Monroe Doctrine: An Interpretation, pp. 340-348; W. M. Fullerton, Problems of Power, pp. 300-315.
4. The open door in China. What it means. Obstacles in its way. References: K. K. Kawakami, Japan in World Politics, pp. 117-166; J. H. Latané, America as a World Power, pp. 100-119; W. W. Willoughby, Foreign Rights and Interests in China, pp. 245-266; A. B. Hart, The Monroe Doctrine: An Interpretation, pp. 282-298; W. R. Thayer, The Life and Letters of John Hay, Vol. II, pp. 231-249; A. C. Coolidge, The United States as a World Power, pp. 327-374; K. K. Kawakami, Japan and World Peace, pp. 160-196; John Dewey, China, Japan, and the United States (New Republic Pamphlets, No. 1).
Short Studies
1. Pan-Americanism. What it means. R. G. Usher, Pan-Americanism, pp. 203-231; J. V. Noel, The History of the Second Pan-American Congress, pp. 9-30; Pan-American Union, Bulletins, March, 1911.
2. The United States as an international policeman. Theodore Roosevelt, Autobiography, pp. 543-553; D. C. Munro, The Five Republics of Central America, pp. 227-264; A. B. Hart, The Monroe Doctrine: An Interpretation, pp. 223-242.