FDR and the Spanish Civil WarWhat was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of Americas rise to global power, and the 193639 Spanish Civil War, which inspired passion and sacrifice, and shaped the road to world war? While many historians have portrayed the Spanish Civil War as one of Roosevelts most isolationist episodes, Dominic Tierney argues that it marked the presidents first attempt to challenge fascist aggression in Europe. Drawing on newly