L’amministrazione Roosevelt e la Guerra civile spagnola

Authors

Fulvio Lorefice Università di Bologna

Keywords:

United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Spanish Civil War, Neutrality Act

Abstract

The Roosevelt administration and the Spanish Civil War

The essay examines the policy adopted by the Roosevelt administration toward the Spanish Civil War. The choice of the United States to remain neutral by refraining from participating in the activities of the Committee of Non-Intervention aroused a lively debate inside and outside the administration, which gives an account of the present work. Particular attention is finally paid to the implications of the Spanish conflict on the U.S. policy of «Good Neighbor» with regard to Central and South America and that of the «Open Door» regarding the Far East.

Received: 14-03-2013

Author Biography

Fulvio Lorefice , Università di Bologna

Fulvio Lorefice è dottore di ricerca in Storia dell’Età contemporanea nei secoli XIX e XX presso l’Università di Bologna. Vincitore nel 2011 del Roosevelt Study Center Research Grant, ha da poco pubblicato La politica del governo degli Stati Uniti nella Guerra civile spagnola, in “Ricerche di storia politica”, 2013, n. 2, pp. 183-198.