FDR's Republicans : domestic political realignment and American foreign policy / Robert E. Jenner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenner, Robert E., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Agriculture and politics.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--1929-1933.

United States.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--20th century.

Political parties--United States--History--20th century.

Political parties.

Agriculture and politics--United States--History--20th century.

Progressivism (United States politics)--History--20th century.

Progressivism (United States politics).

United States--Politics and government--1929-1933.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

Physical Description:

xvi, 217 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2010]

Summary:

FDR's Republicans illuminates the debate over foreign policy that took place in the United States prior to World War II. Robert E. Jenner approaches this issue from the perspective of the Republican members of the House and Senate who eventually came to support the interventionist position of a Democratic president. Unlike other diplomatic histories of this period, FDR's Republicans focuses on domestic components of the foreign policy debate, combining historical analysis and political theory.

Jenner recounts the Republican Party's internationalist roots under McKinley, the split of 1912, and the defeat of the League of Nations in deference to its agrarian progressive wing. Taking both a local and national approach, he provides in-depth analysis of the party's reaction to the FDR landslides of 1932 and 1936, the party's resurgence in 1938, FDR's aggressive defense of the New Deal, and the decline of the party's agrarian progressive faction. The result is a broader explanation of the battle that raged between isolationists and interventionists as well as the failure of policy makers to deter fascism at an earlier date.

Contents:

Farmers, foreign policy, and party politics prior to 1930

The progressive tide and foreign policy, 1930-1936

Decline of the West and resurgence in the East, 1936-1938

Receding progressivism and foreign policy, 1939

The rapid decline of agrarian progressive foreign policy, 1939-1940

Grassroots initiative and the repeal of neutrality, 1940-1941.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739136126

0739136127

9780739136140

0739136143

OCLC:

430736526