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US Public Diplomacy and Democratization in Spain: Selling Democracy?
Francisco Rodriguez-Jimenez (Ed.)
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Hardback. The process of democratization has been a recurring feature of contemporary international affairs. This book will examine another major case of transition to democracy, that of post-Franco Spain, and consider the extent to which the efforts of the United States in nurturing that transition paid off. Editor(s): Cull, Nicholas John; Jimenez, Francisco Javier Rodriguez; Gomez-Escalonilla, Lorenzo Delgado. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 252 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 graphs, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; JPF; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
When the post-war relationship between Spain and America began, Hitler's old ally was an unlikely candidate for US influence. The Cold War changed all this. Soon there were US bases on Spanish territory and a political conjuring trick was under way. This volume examines the public diplomacy strategies that the US government employed to accomplish an almost impossible mission: to keep a warm relationship with a tyrant without drifting apart from his opponents, and to somehow pave the way for a transition to democracy. The book's focus on the perspective of soft power ... Read more
When the post-war relationship between Spain and America began, Hitler's old ally was an unlikely candidate for US influence. The Cold War changed all this. Soon there were US bases on Spanish territory and a political conjuring trick was under way. This volume examines the public diplomacy strategies that the US government employed to accomplish an almost impossible mission: to keep a warm relationship with a tyrant without drifting apart from his opponents, and to somehow pave the way for a transition to democracy. The book's focus on the perspective of soft power ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
Condition
New
Weight
445g
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137461445
SKU
V9781137461445
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99-15
About Francisco Rodriguez-Jimenez (Ed.)
Contributors: Mark ASQUINO, US Ambassador Lorenzo DELGADO, Instituto de Historia, CCHS-CSIC, Spain Pablo LEÓN, Centro Universitario de la Defensa, Zaragoza, Spain. Rosa PARDO, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia-Madrid, Spain. Francisco J. RODRÍGUEZ, Universidad de Salamanca R.C. Complutense de Harvard, Spain Neal ROSENDORF, New Mexico State University, USA. Giles SCOTT-SMITH, Senior Researcher at the Roosevelt Study Center in Middelburg and ... Read more
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