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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Bowen, Wayne H. (1968-....)
Titre(s) : Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War [Texte imprimé] / Wayne H. Bowen
Publication : Columbia : University of Missouri Press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : viii, 197 Seiten ; 24 cm
Note(s) : "President Harry S. Truman harbored an abiding disdain for Spain and its government.
During his presidency (1945-1953), the State Department and the Department of Defense
lobbied Truman to form an alliance with Spain to leverage that nation's geostrategic
position, despite Francisco Franco's authoritarian dictatorship. Truman's negative
views on Spain developed from his Baptist upbringing and youth during the Spanish-American
War and his first term in the US Senate. As a Freemason and Protestant, Truman struggled
to overcome his bias against a regime that persecuted those with similar affiliations,
and whose politics were set against the liberal democracy, the workers and farmers
the "Man from Independence" championed throughout his career. The eventual alliance
between the two countries came only after years of argument for such a shift by nearly
the entire US diplomatic and military establishment. Truman begrudgingly accepted
an agreement with the Spanish government years of pressure, and with the overarching
need for allied during the Cold War. This delay increased the financial cost of the
1953 defense agreements with Spain, undermined US planning for the defense of Europe,
and caused dysfunction over foreign policy at the height of the Cold War. Truman never
reconciled to this accommodation, continuing to consider Spain, its history, and culture
with a mix of apathy and derision. This important book tells the story of Truman's
hostility to Spain and its impact on this military, diplomatic, and commercial relationship,
the history of the early Cold War, and the extent of presidential leadership in strategic
foreign policy shifts."-- Inside jacket flap
Sujet(s) : Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972) -- Et l'Espagne
Relations extérieures -- Espagne -- États-Unis -- 1945-1990
Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- Espagne -- 1945-1990
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780826221179. - ISBN 0826221173
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45491808x
Notice n° :
FRBNF45491808
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Chapter 1. Young Harry's two war's, 1884-1918
; Chapter 2. Senator Truman, the Spanish Civil War and World War II ; Chapter 3.
No necessary evil, 1947-1949 ; Chapter 5. Magnified by controversy, 1949-1951 ;
Chapter 6. Reluctant allies, 1951-1953 ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.
