The Roots of Isolationism: Congressional Voting and Presidential Leadership in Foreign Policy

Contents List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Nature of the Problem 2. The Content and Evolution of Congressional Isolationism 3. The Isolationist Congressman: Social Background Characteristics 4. The Isolationist Congressman: Political Characteristics 5. The Isolationist Congressman: Constituency Characteristics 6. Ideology and Foreign Policy Voting 7. Isolationism, the Legislative System, and Presidential Leadership Postscript: The 88th Congress