Table of Contents:
  • The American sphinx and the Spanish war
  • International intervention and nonintervention
  • Roosevelt's perceptions of the Spanish Civil War, 1936/1937
  • The arms embargo
  • American men, American oil, American arms
  • Roosevelt's perceptions of the Spanish Civil War, 1938/1939
  • Covert aid
  • Mediation, humanitarian relief, and repealing the arms embargo
  • The aftermath
  • From a vicarious sacrifice to a grave mistake.