Promotional Information

Provides new understanding of Franklin Roosevelt's involvement in the Spanish Civil War, claiming that he was activist and pro-Loyalist.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
1. The American Sphinx and the Spanish War 1
2. International Intervention and Nonintervention 15
3. Roosevelt’s Perceptions of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1937 25
4. The Arms Embargo 39
5. American Men, American Oil, American Arms 55
6. Roosevelt’s Perceptions of the Spanish Civil War, 1938-1939 75
7. Covert Aid 89
8. Mediation, Humanitarian Relief, and Repealing the Arms Embargo 115
9. The Aftermath 135
10. From a Vicarious Sacrifice to a Grave Mistake 149
Notes 161
Bibliography 197
Index 217

About the Author

Dominic Tierney is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College. He is a coauthor (with Dominic D. P. Johnson) of Failing to Win: Perceptions of Victory and Defeat in International Politics.

Reviews

"FDR and the Spanish Civil War is an important, well documented study. It will not only prompt a rethinking of how the Spanish Civil War shaped and reflected Franklin D. Roosevelt's policies; it will become the standard book on the subject."--Warren F. Kimball, author of The Juggler: Franklin Roosevelt as Wartime Statesman "Based on exhaustive research, this highly readable book is an important contribution to an important subject. Dominic Tierney subtly analyzes FDR's juggling of international and electoral pressures to explain the contradictions and dramatic changes in his passage from isolationism to bitter regret about American abandonment of the Spanish Republic."--Paul Preston, author of The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revenge