FDR and the Spanish Civil War: Neutrality and Commitment in the Struggle That Divided America

by Dominic Tierney

What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America's rise to global power, and the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War, which inspired passion and sacrifice, and shaped the road to world war? While many historians have portrayed the Spanish Civil War as one of Roosevelt's most isolationist episodes, Dominic Tierney argues that it marked the president's first attempt to challenge fascist aggression in Europe. Drawing on newly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822340763
• ISBN13: 9780822340768
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"