1st Edition
Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Spain and the Great Powers in the Twentieth Century examines 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... Read more
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
Biography
Sebastian Balfour is Reader and Paul Preston is Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
