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Autore |
Chapman Michael E |
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Arguing Americanism : Franco lobbyists, Roosevelt's foreign policy, and the Spanish Civil War / / Michael E. Chapman |
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Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxii, 315 p. ) : map ; |
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Collana |
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New studies in U.S. foreign relations |
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Soggetti |
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Anti-communist movements - United States - History - 20th century |
National characteristics, American |
Public opinion - United States - History - 20th century |
Spain Foreign relations United States |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Diplomatic history |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Foreign public opinion, American |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Participation, American |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Propaganda |
United States Foreign relations Spain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pro-Franco anticommunism -- Defending Americanism -- Roosevelt's mental map -- Keeping the embargo -- The American Union for Nationalist Spain -- Spain in arms -- Franco lobbyists and the Christian Front -- Un-American Americanism. |
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Since World War II, American historians have traditionally sided with the Loyalist supporters of the Spanish Civil War, validating their arguments that the pro-Nationalists were un-American for backing an unplalatable dictator. In Arguing Americanism, author Michael E. Chapman examines the long-overlooked pro-Nationalist argument. Employing new archival sources, Champman documents a small yet effective network of lobbyists who fought to promote General Franco's Nationalist Spain, positing that the debates about the U.S. arms embargo on Spain were never really about Spain but rather about the soul of Americanism, the |
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definition of democracy, and who should be the defining. |
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