Arguing Americanism
Subtitle: Franco lobbyists, Roosevelt's foreign policy, and the Spanish Civil War
By: Michael E. Chapman
Series: New studies in U.S. foreign relations; New studies in U.S. foreign relations
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781606350782
Subjects: American Foreign public opinion; Public opinion; Diplomatic history; American National characteristics; Anti-communist movements; American Participation; Propaganda; Foreign relations; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pro-Franco anticommunism; title: Defending Americanism; title: Roosevelt's mental map; title: Keeping the embargo; title: The American Union for Nationalist Spain; title: Spain in arms; title: Franco lobbyists and the Christian Front; title: Un-American Americanism.