Anglo-American Relations and the Franco Question, 1945-1955


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This book examines how British and American governments grappled with the question of intervention or non-intervention in a pariah regime--Francoist Spain. Edwards details the clash between the emerging dual system of the United Nations and the older system of balance of power.Anglo-American Relations and the Franco Question, 1945-1955 Review
The double standard used to judge Francoist Spain is demonstrated in this well-written book about the immediate post-WW II world. Indeed, the standard still exists among many who still buy into the myth of a democratic "Republican" Spain (as Republican as Pol Pot's Kampuchea was Democratic.)The tension between a decaying British Empire and a muscular, confident USA on this issue made Franco supremely smug about the West ultimately coming around to his anti-Soviet way of thinking. In the face of guilt-ridden France and Britain's intransigence towards Franco's participation in NATO, the US took the toro by the horns and signed a bilateral agreement giving base rights in Spain. The book is a little light on the Soviet side of the issue but the author's focus was on the Anglo-American conflict over Franco. I recommend it for any student of the early Cold War.Most of the consumer Reviews tell that the "Anglo-American Relations and the Franco Question, 1945-1955" are high quality item. You can read each testimony from consumers to find out cons and pros from Anglo-American Relations and the Franco Question, 1945-1955 ...

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