- List of Illustrations*
- Prologue
- 1. The Progressive Impulse
- 2. The Anti-imperialist Impulse
- 3. The Dilemmas of Progressivism
- 4. The Dilemmas of Anti-imperialism
- 5. The Alaskan Agenda
- 6. The Washington Agenda
- 7. The Dilemmas of Dissent
- 8. The Limits of Dissent
- 9. The Frustrations of Dissent
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- * Illustrations
- Gruening with Federico and Ferdinand Henriquez y Caraval, 1921
- Gruening as adviser to the U.S. delegation to the Montevideo Conference, 1933
- Gruening voting with Dorothy in Juneau, early 1940s
- Gruening testifying before the Senate Interior Committee on behalf of Alaskan statehood
- Gruening with colleague Wayne Morse
- Official photo of Gruening, U.S. Senate
- Gruening sharing a moment of cordiality with Robert Kennedy
- Gruening with Colombian president Alberto Lleras Camargo, 1965