¿El "amigo americano"? España y Estados Unidos durante el franquismo
[EN] As of the 1953 agreements, the core of Spain’s foreign policy was its relations with the United States. This situation remained unchanged during Franco’s dictatorship. The main element of this relationship was America’s interest in having military bases in Spain, which was accepted by the Spani...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/52274 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/52274 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Relaciones España-Estados Unidos Política Exterior Ayuda Económica Americana Relaciones Culturales Spain-United States Relations Foreign Policy American Economic Aid Cultural relations |
| Sumario: | [EN] As of the 1953 agreements, the core of Spain’s foreign policy was its relations with the United States. This situation remained unchanged during Franco’s dictatorship. The main element of this relationship was America’s interest in having military bases in Spain, which was accepted by the Spanish leadership in exchange for the international respect that the “American friend” would bring. Throughout this period, a true balanced relationship was never achieved; thus, Spain was greatly and strategically subordinated to American power. However, the implications of this relationship were not limited to the political/strategic dimension. U S economic aid and its contributions to human capital played a relevant role in the economic, social and cultural modernization of Spain, as well as in the country’s insertion into the values and institutions of the Western bloc. |
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