Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War by Bowen, Wayne H.

Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780826221179)

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Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War by Bowen, Wayne H.

Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War

$54.00
Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War by Bowen, Wayne H.

Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War

$54.00
Format: Hardcover
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Well-deployed primary sources and brisk writing by Wayne H. Bowen make this an excellent framework for understanding the evolution of U.S. policy toward Spain, and thus how a nation facing a global threat develops strategic relationships over time.

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. The eventual alliance between the two countries came only after years of argument for such a shift by nearly the entire U.S. diplomatic and military establishment. This delay increased the financial cost of the 1953 defense agreements with Spain, undermined U.S. planning for the defense of Europe, and caused dysfunction over foreign policy at the height of the Cold War.

Author: Wayne H. Bowen
ISBN-10: 0826221173
ISBN-13: 9780826221179
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2017
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2017
By Wayne H. Bowen
By Wayne H. Bowen
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Wayne H. Bowen is professor and chair of the Department of History at Southeast Missouri State University, and author of three books published by the University of Missouri Press, including Spain and the American Civil War. He lives in Cape Girardeau, MO.

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