03689nam 22007451 450 991046414170332120200520144314.01-61277-529-2(CKB)3240000000065165(PromptCat)40019592238(MH)012835539-5(SSID)ssj0000583379(PQKBManifestationID)11343945(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000583379(PQKBWorkID)10566974(PQKB)11685145(MiAaPQ)EBC3120186(OCoLC)794698848(MdBmJHUP)muse6733(Au-PeEL)EBL3120186(CaPaEBR)ebr10789348(CaONFJC)MIL561737(OCoLC)868285769(EXLCZ)99324000000006516520110111h20112011 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrArguing Americanism Franco lobbyists, Roosevelt's foreign policy, and the Spanish Civil War /Michael E. ChapmanKent, Ohio :Kent State University Press,[2011]©20111 online resource (xxii, 315 p. )map ;New studies in U.S. foreign relationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-60635-149-4 1-60635-078-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.New studies in U.S. foreign relations.Anti-communist movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryNational characteristics, AmericanPublic opinionUnited StatesHistory20th centurySpainForeign relationsUnited StatesSpainHistoryCivil War, 1936-1939Diplomatic historySpainHistoryCivil War, 1936-1939Foreign public opinion, AmericanSpainHistoryCivil War, 1936-1939Participation, AmericanSpainHistoryCivil War, 1936-1939PropagandaUnited StatesForeign relationsSpainElectronic books.Anti-communist movementsHistoryNational characteristics, American.Public opinionHistory946.081/2Chapman Michael E1031905MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464141703321Arguing Americanism2449456UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress