Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor Sebastian Balfour is Reader and Paul Preston is Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Klappentext Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Centuryexamines the international context to, and influences on, Spanish history and politics from 1898 to the present day. Spanish history is necessarily international, with the significance of Spain's neutrality in the First World War and the global influences on the outcome of the Spanish Civil War. Taking the Defeat in the Spanish American war of 1898 as a starting point, the book includes surveys on: *the crisis of neutrality during the First World War *foreign policy under the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera *the allies and the Spanish Civil War *Nazi Germany and Franco's Spain *Spain and the Cold War *relations with the United States This book traces the important topic of modern Spanish diplomacy up to the present day Zusammenfassung Taking the defeat in the Spanish-American war of 1898 as a starting point, this text examines the international context to, and influences on, Spanish history and politics up to the present day. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors, Introduction: Spain and the Great Powers, 1 Spain and the Great Powers in the aftermath of the Disaster of 1898, 2 Spain and the First World War, 3 Foreign policy under the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, 4 The Second Republic in the international arena, 5 The Allies and the Spanish Civil War, 6 Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain, 1936.1945, 7 Italy and Spain in Civil War and World War, 1936.1943, 8 Franco and the Allies in the Second World War, 9 Spain, Britain and the Cold War, 10 Spain and the United States, 1945.1975, 11 Breaking the shackles from the past: Spanish foreign policy from Franco to Felipe González, Index

Autorentext
Sebastian Balfour is Reader and Paul Preston is Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Klappentext
Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Centuryexamines the international context to, and influences on, Spanish history and politics from 1898 to the present day. Spanish history is necessarily international, with the significance of Spain's neutrality in the First World War and the global influences on the outcome of the Spanish Civil War.
Taking the Defeat in the Spanish American war of 1898 as a starting point, the book includes surveys on: *the crisis of neutrality during the First World War *foreign policy under the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera *the allies and the Spanish Civil War *Nazi Germany and Franco's Spain *Spain and the Cold War *relations with the United States
This book traces the important topic of modern Spanish diplomacy up to the present day


Zusammenfassung
Taking the defeat in the Spanish-American war of 1898 as a starting point, this text examines the international context to, and influences on, Spanish history and politics up to the present day.

Inhalt
List of contributors, Introduction: Spain and the Great Powers, 1 Spain and the Great Powers in the aftermath of the Disaster of 1898, 2 Spain and the First World War, 3 Foreign policy under the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, 4 The Second Republic in the international arena, 5 The Allies and the Spanish Civil War, 6 Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain, 1936.1945, 7 Italy and Spain in Civil War and World War, 1936.1943, 8 Franco and the Allies in the Second World War, 9 Spain, Britain and the Cold War, 10 Spain and the United States, 1945.1975, 11 Breaking the shackles from the past: Spanish foreign policy from Franco to Felipe González, Index

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