Sherwood's book covers a large and eventful period in the history of the United States of America and international relations. The author begins his presentation from the 30s of the XX century and brings it to the end of World War II. It covers a very wide range of problems: the internal and foreign policies of the ruling circles of the USA and England, the military and diplomatic history of 1939-1945, the creation of an anti-Hitler coalition and the relationship between its main participants, issues of the post-war structure of the world, etc.