US public diplomacy and democratization in Spain : selling democracy? /

"When the post-war relationship began, Spain was an unlikely candidate for American influence. By the end of the 30s, the Franco dictatorship had adopted Fascist symbols and made common cause with the Axis nations. In 1948, Cold war concerns prompted a slow rapprochement in between Washington a...

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Other Authors: Rodríguez, Francisco J. (Francisco Javier) (Editor), Delgado Gómez-Escalonilla, Lorenzo (Editor), Cull, Nicholas John (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan series in global public diplomacy.
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Table of Contents:
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  • 1. Introduction: Soft Power, Public Diplomacy And Democratization; Nicholas John Cull & Francisco J. Rodriguez
  • 2. U.S. Public Diplomacy And Democracy Promotion In The Cold War,
  • 1950s-1980s; Giles Scott-Smith (Senior Researcher At The Roosevelt Study Center In Middelburg And Ernst Van Der Beugel Chair In Diplomatic History At The University Of Leiden.)
  • 3. Furthering U.S. Geopolitical Priorities And Dealing With The Iberian
  • Dictatorships; Rosa Pardo (Universidad Nacional De Educacion A Distancia-Madrid )
  • 4. Modernizing A Friendly Tyrant: U.S. Public Diplomacy And Sociopolitical
  • Change In Francoist Spain; Lorenzo Delgado (Instituto De Historia, Cchs-Csic)
  • 5. U.S. Public Diplomacy And Democracy Promotion In Authoritarian
  • Spain, 1940s-1970s; Pablo Leon (Centro Universitario De La Defensa, Zaragoza)
  • 6. Culture And National Images: American Studies Vs Anti-Americanism
  • In Spain; Francisco J. Rodriguez (Universidad De Salamanca-R.C. Complutense De Harvard)
  • 7. Spain's First 'Re-Branding Effort' In The Postwar Franco Era; Neal Rosendorf (New Mexico State University)
  • 8. U.S. Public Diplomacy And Democratization In Spain. A Practitioner's
  • View; Ambassador Mark Asquino
  • 9. Conclusion. Consistency And Credibility: Why You Cannot
  • Collaborate With Dictatorships And Sell Democracy; Lorenzo Delgado.