Usspanish Relations After Franco, 19751989 - The Will of the Weak

This study examines US relations with Spain during its political transition to democracy after 1975. The author focuses on the US military presence in the country and analyzes how the Spanish democratic government’s perception of the state’s own recent past affected its aims and actions in the post-Franco period.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Almost Annihilated
Chapter 1: The Empire Ends
Chapter 2: Outcast
Chapter 3: Quid Pro Quo
Part II: Transitions
Chapter 4: The Soft Underbelly
Chapter 5: Upscaling
Chapter 6: Jun Carlos as Puppeteer
Chapter 7: The Meltdown of the Political Center
Chapter 8: Against the Highest Interest of the Nation
Chapter 9: A Spanish Sellout
Chapter 10: The Highest Representative
Chapter 11: Best Efforts
Part III: Reclaiming Sovereignty
Chapter 12: The Decalogue
Chapter 13: In or Out of NATO?
Chapter 14: The Iran-Contra Affair
Chapter 15: Never Averse to Sticking His Neck Out

Über den Autor / die Autorin

By Morten Heiberg

Zusammenfassung

This study examines US relations with Spain during its political transition to democracy after 1975. The author focuses on the US military presence in the country and analyzes how the Spanish democratic government's perception of the state's own recent past affected its aims and actions in the post-Franco period.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Morten Heiberg
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781498575003
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7500-3
• Seiten: 242
• Serien: The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series; Harvard Cold War Studies Book; The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung