The United States and the Rise of Tyrants: Diplomatic Relations with Nationalist Dictatorships Between the World Wars

by John Day Tully and Lawrence E. Gelfand

Nationalist dictatorships proliferated around the world during the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s. Policymakers in Washington, D.C., reasoning that non-Communist regimes were not necessarily a threat to democracy or national interests, found it expedient to support them. People living under these governments associated the United States with their oppressors, with long-term negative consequences for U.S. policy.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786476923
• ISBN13: 9780786476923
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher