"Arming Ukraine: Insights from the Spanish Civil War" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Mar 2015 11:55 a.m. PST |
"The Spanish Civil War, which raged from 1936 to 1939, left the Roosevelt administration with a daunting task. On one hand, they could authorize arms shipments to aid the democratically elected Spanish government, but risk entangling the United States in a wider European war while simultaneously breaking a Non-Intervention Committee agreement with powers such as Great Britain and France. On the other, it could abide by the Committee's goal—to keep the great powers out of another great war—and allow Franco's better-equipped Nationalist forces to steamroll over the Republic, thus providing a victory to fascism. FDR and his team, especially Secretary of State Cordell Hull, chose the latter option so the United States could stay out of the fight. Why did the Roosevelt administration choose this course of inaction? The first set of rationales was political. American Catholics supported Franco's cause in Spain against what was perceived as a Communist-run Republican government. Catholics were a vital constituency in FDR's New Deal coalition, and angering them would mean losing many votes in the November 1936 elections. Further, some members of FDR's administration were wary of the possible Communist influence within the Spanish government, and looked to ensure Washington wouldn't help Madrid. "We shall be in an embarrassing situation," worried Under Secretary of State William Phillips, "since we have no legislation authorizing us to refuse the export of such materials…for what amounts to a communistic government."…"
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| Cardinal Ximenez | 11 Mar 2015 2:01 p.m. PST |
>>> perceived as a Communist-run Republican government Perceived? Interesting term. DM |
| basileus66 | 12 Mar 2015 5:37 a.m. PST |
Not at all, Don. The Republican government didn't come under Communist influence until all the Western powers decided to enforce the ban on weapons sales, while the USSR was the only great power that sold weapons to the Republic… in exchange of a greater influence of the Communist in the Government. |
| Pan Marek | 12 Mar 2015 7:30 a.m. PST |
Basileus66- Thank you. I would add that the US was quite isolationist at the time. It took a direct attack on Peral Harbor to change this. |
| Tango01 | 12 Mar 2015 11:55 a.m. PST |
Agree with both!. Amicalement
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| Zargon | 12 Mar 2015 5:44 p.m. PST |
And the current incumbent doesn't have to worry about re-election only his legacy and here his library will be set up.
Cheers and another minute closer to 12. |
| Cardinal Ximenez | 13 Mar 2015 3:26 p.m. PST |
IIRC the Popular Front elected with Azana in February of 1936 included the Communist Party (PCE) along with the Socialist and Republican Union Parties. DM |
| GNREP8 | 14 Mar 2015 1:55 p.m. PST |
Don
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Thats coalition politics for you – something that you in the USA and we until recently (and Ok sometimes in the past) are not too used to. |
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