This book examines the internal controversies of the Roosevelt administration in connection with Spain during World War II, the role of the President in these controversies, and the foundations of the policy that was followed from the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War until the launching of Operation Torch in 1942.

Autorentext
JOAN MARÍA THOMÀS ****is Professor of Contemporary History at the Universidad Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain.

Inhalt
PART I: BACKGROUND: FROM THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR Roosevelt and Franco during the Spanish Civil War/Between Two Wars PART II: THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR TO OPERATION TORCH The First Stage of the Weddell Embassy The Second Stage of the Weddell Embassy Epilogue: Toward Torch