pt. 1. Frame of reference: ch. 1. The current crisis: its causes / Harry Elmer Barnes
ch. 2. Social progress through education / Ned H. Dearborn
ch. 3. Democracy as a way of life / Sidney Hook
ch. 4. Today's propaganda and tomorrow's reality / Clyde Miller
ch. 5. Academic freedom / Herman H. Horne
ch. 6. Goals in a changing world / Ralph W. Sockman
pt. 2. Patterns of change: ch. 7. Capitalism will survive! / George E. Sokolsky
ch. 8. Is fascism a way out? / Lawrence Dennis
ch. 9. What does socialism offer? / Norman Thomas
ch. 10. Does communism point the way? / Earl Browder.