Arguing Americanism: Franco Lobbyists, Roosevelt's Foreign Policy, and the Spanish Civil War

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November 01 2021 Arguing Americanism: Franco Lobbyists, Roosevelt's Foreign Policy, and the Spanish Civil War Arguing Americanism: Franco Lobbyists, Roosevelt's Foreign Policy, and the Spanish Civil War. Stanley G. Payne Stanley G. Payne Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Stanley G. Payne Online Issn: 1531-3298 Print Issn: 1520-3972 © 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2021by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Journal of Cold War Studies (2021) 23 (4): 255–257. https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_r_01050 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Search Site Citation Stanley G. Payne; Arguing Americanism: Franco Lobbyists, Roosevelt's Foreign Policy, and the Spanish Civil War. Journal of Cold War Studies 2021; 23 (4): 255–257. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jcws_r_01050 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsJournal of Cold War Studies Search Advanced Search The escalating aggressiveness of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s has logically absorbed the attention of historians dealing with those years, obscuring the fact that from 1936 to 1938 the European issue that often generated the most discussion was the civil war in Spain. During that period, according to Michael Chapman's tabulation, The New York Times devoted one-third more headline space in column inches to the Spanish Civil War and the “Great Debate” raging over it than to reports about Nazi Germany. This finding roughly accords with the results of studies of the amount of attention given to Spain, compared with Germany, in the debates during the same years in the British House of Commons and the French Chamber... © 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2021by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology You do not currently have access to this content.