FDR's Republicans
Subtitle: domestic political realignment and American foreign policy
By: Robert E. Jenner.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780739136126; 9780739136140
Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- 1882-1945; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 20th century; Political parties -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Agriculture and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1929-1933; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945; United States -- Politics and government -- 1929-1933; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
Description: "FDR's Republicans illuminates the debate over foreign policy that took place in7 the United States prior to World War II. Robert E. Jenner approaches this issue from the perspective of the Republican members of the House and Senate who eventually came to support the interventionist position of a Democratic president. Unlike other diplomatic histories of this period, FDR's Republicans focuses on domestic components of the foreign policy debate, combining historical analysis and political theory." "Jenner recounts the Republican Party's internationalist roots under McKinley, the split of 1912, and the defeat of the League of Nations in deference to its agrarian progressive wing. Taking both a local and national approach, he provides in-depth analysis of the party's reaction to the FDRlandslides of 1932 and 1936, the party's resurgence in 1938, FDR's aggressive defense of the New Deal, and the decline of the party's agrarian progressive faction. The result is a broader explanation of the battle that raged between isolationists and interventionists as well as the failure of policy makers to deter fascism at an earlier date."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Farmers, foreign policy, and party politics prior to 1930; title: The progressive tide and foreign policy, 1930-1936; title: Decline of the West and resurgence in the East, 1936-1938; title: Receding progressivism and foreign policy, 1939; title: The rapid decline of agrarian progressive foreign policy, 1939-1940; title: Grassroots politics and the repeal of neutrality, 1941; title: Chronology of events; title: Appendix A: Voting tables; title: Appendix B: Biographical sketches.