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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788673503321

Autore

Chapman Michael E

Titolo

Arguing Americanism : Franco lobbyists, Roosevelt's foreign policy, and the Spanish Civil War / / Michael E. Chapman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-61277-529-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 315 p. ) : map ;

Collana

New studies in U.S. foreign relations

Disciplina

946.081/2

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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



definition of democracy, and who should be the defining.