| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Ch. 1 | The United States and the Global Struggle for Democracy | 3 |
| Pt. I | Liberal Democratic Internationalism and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1921 | 35 |
| Ch. 2 | Democracy in the Philippines | 37 |
| Ch. 3 | Wilson and Democracy in Latin America | 60 |
| Ch. 4 | Wilson and a World Safe for Democracy | 84 |
| Pt. II | Liberal Democratic Internationalism, 1933-1947 | 111 |
| Ch. 5 | FDR and World Order: Globalizing the Monroe Doctrine | 113 |
| Ch. 6 | Democratizing Japan and Germany | 146 |
| Pt. III | Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold War, 1947-1977 | 177 |
| Ch. 7 | Eisenhower and His Legacy, 1953-1977 | 179 |
| Ch. 8 | Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965 | 214 |
| Pt. IV | Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989 | 237 |
| Ch. 9 | Carter's Human Rights Campaign | 239 |
| Ch. 10 | Reagan's Democratic Revolution | 266 |
| Pt. V | Toward the Year 2000 | 309 |
| Ch. 11 | After the Cold War: Wilsonianism Resurgent? | 311 |
| Appendix: Notes on the Study of the International Origins of Democracy | 346 |
| Notes | 369 |
| Bibliography | 419 |
| Index | 445 |