The United States and the Rise of Tyrants

Diplomatic Relations with Nationalist Dictatorships Between the World Wars

Lawrence E. Gelfand, John Day Tully (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

217 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7692-3 (ISBN)

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In the 1920s and ‘30s, dictatorships, also eager to maintain political order and create economic growth, looked to American corporations for investment to modernize their nation's infrastructure and economy. In turn, American bankers and investors invested heavily in these areas. Through an examination of consular records, this book examines the logistics and consequences of this decision.

Nationalist dictatorships proliferated around the world during the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s. Policymakers in Washington, D.C., reasoning that non-Communist regimes were not necessarily a threat to democracy or national interests, found it expedient to support them. People living under these governments associated the United States with their oppressors, with long-term negative consequences for U.S. policy.

American policymakers were primarily concerned with fostering stability in these countries. The dictatorships, eager to maintain political order and create economic growth, looked to American corporations and bankers, whose heavy investments cemented the need to support the regimes. Through an examination of consular records in nine countries, the author describes the logistics and consequences of these relationships.

The late Lawrence Gelfand was professor of history at the University of Iowa for many years and one of the early organizers of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. John Day Tully is professor of history at Central Connecticut State University. He lives in New Britain, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Juan Vicente Gómez of Venezuela, 1908–1935

2. Augusto B. Leguia of Peru, 1919–1930

3. Jorge Ubico of Guatemala, 1931–1944

4. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar of Portugal, 1910–1930

5. Benito Mussolini of Italy, 1922–1929

6. Ioannis Metaxas of Greece, 1920–1938

7. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk of Turkey, 1914–1938

8. Josef Pilsudski of Poland, 1919–1935

9. Adolf Hitler of Germany, 1918–1933

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	9 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	0-7864-7692-3 / 0786476923
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7692-3 / 9780786476923
Zustand	Neuware