FDR and the Spanish Civil War: Neutrality and Commitment in the Struggle that Divided America

Dominic Tierney

Published by Duke University Press 2007

FDR and the Spanish Civil War

Neutrality and Commitment in the Struggle that Divided America

Dominic Tierney
Edited by: Gilbert M. Joseph and Emily S. Rosenberg

In the series American encounters/global interactions

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822390626

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About this book

Provides new understanding of Franklin Roosevelt's involvement in the Spanish Civil War, claiming that he was activist and pro-Loyalist.

Author / Editor information

Dominic Tierney is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College. He is a coauthor (with Dominic D. P. Johnson) of Failing to Win: Perceptions of Victory and Defeat in International Politics.

Reviews

“FDR and the Spanish Civil War is an important, well documented study. It will not only prompt a rethinking of how the Spanish Civil War shaped and reflected Franklin D. Roosevelt’s policies; it will become the standard book on the subject.”—Warren F. Kimball, author of The Juggler: Franklin Roosevelt as Wartime Statesman

“Based on exhaustive research, this highly readable book is an important contribution to an important subject. Dominic Tierney subtly analyzes FDR’s juggling of international and electoral pressures to explain the contradictions and dramatic changes in his passage from isolationism to bitter regret about American abandonment of the Spanish Republic.”—Paul Preston, author of The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge

“[N]uanced. . . . Tierney provides a long overdue update on this subject. . . . Even for most readers who know the outcome of this story, Tierney’s account manages to be suspenseful.”

-- Soledad Fox Journal of Contemporary History

“Tierney makes a solid and important argument about the Spanish war as an important experience in the development of US foreign policy on the continent prior to the Second World War.”

-- David A. Messenger International History Review

“Tierney makes a valuable and timely contribution to the literature on the era of Roosevelt by providing a focused and dedicated study on the thirty-second president and the Spanish Civil War . . . This is a most impressive book.”

-- J. Simon Rofe Diplomacy and Statecraft

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1. The American Sphinx and the Spanish War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. International Intervention and Nonintervention Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3. Roosevelt’s Perceptions of the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1937 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
4. The Arms Embargo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
5. American Men, American Oil, American Arms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
6. Roosevelt’s Perceptions of the Spanish Civil War, 1938–1939 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
7. Covert Aid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
8. Mediation, Humanitarian Relief, and Repealing the Arms Embargo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
9. The Aftermath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
10. From a Vicarious Sacrifice to a Grave Mistake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 4 maps

eBook

Published: July 2, 2007
ISBN: 9780822390626