Ambivalent embrace : America's troubled relations with Spain from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War / Rodrigo Botero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Botero, Rodrigo.

Series:

Contributions to the study of world history ; no. 78.

Contributions to the study of world history, 0885-9159 ; no. 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Relations--Spain.

United States.

Spain--Relations--United States.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For nearly two centuries interaction between Spain and the United States was characterized by cultural and political differences, mutually perceived conflicts of national interest, and an asymmetry of power. Botero identifies the period from 1945 to 1953 as a watershed in relations, as the two countries moved from a hostile posture towards a friendly rapprochement. He shows why, in spite of political differences, mutual distrust, and reciprocal grievances, both governments found it in their best interest to reach an agreement on the issue of European defense. This study documents, for the first time, the extraordinary lengths to which the Franco regime was prepared to go to improve its relations with the United States. Beginning with the Spanish monarchy's decision to assist the thirteen colonies in their struggle for independence, Botero examines treaty negotiations in 1795 and 1821 that involved Spain's territorial possessions in North America. He then looks at how friction over events in Cuba culminated in the Spanish-American War of 1898. Several decades of mutual disengagement followed until the two nations again clashed over the early pro-Axis sympathy of the Franco regime. The fear of Soviet aggression would finally unite the two in the post-World War II era with a bilateral agreement to establish military bases in Spain as part of strategic arrangements to defend Western Europe.

Contents:

Cover

AMBIVALENT EMBRACE

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Cobelligerents, but Not Allies

EARLY BILATERAL RELATIONS, 1775-1783

NOTES

Chapter 2 Unfriendly Neighbors

THE TREATY OF 1795 (TREATY OF SAN LORENZO)

THE ADAMS-ONÍS TREATY OF 1819

Chapter 3 Cultural Relations and Conflict over Cuba

Chapter 4 An Empire Lost, an Empire Gained

Chapter 5 Dictatorship and Ostracism

INTERNATIONAL OSTRACISM OF SPAIN, 1945-1947

RELUCTANT POLICY CHANGE 1948-1950

Chapter 6 Reconciliation and Quasi Alliance

THE SPANISH DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVE

THE TRIUMPH OF STRATEGY OVER POLITICS

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-172) and index.

ISBN:

9798400609701

9780313001307

0313001308

OCLC:

179119893