Abstract
One of the most salient features of the recent historical literature published on the subject of the Cold War is the importance the authors attach to the local dynamics: that is, how the conflict between the superpowers altered the internal sociopolitical processes, but also how, in turn, the national and transnational events affected the dynamics of the Cold War.1 This chapter examines the special relations that were established, between 1945 and President Nixon’s rise to power (in 1969), between the successive US governments and the dictatorships headed by Francisco Franco in Spain and António de Oliveira Salazar (succeeded by Marcelo Caetano in 1968) in Portugal, during a period when American interests in the region were clearly shaped by geopolitical factors, as opposed to ideological considerations. The analysis herein will contribute to a fuller understanding of US policy in this region of Mediterranean Europe and give us a clearer view of the sociopolitical evolution that took place in both countries up until the 1970s. The main source of information used for this study was diplomatic documentation—particularly American and Spanish and the most recent literature on the topic.2
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This paper was written in the framework of the research project: “Estados Unidos y la España del desarrollo (1959–1975): diplomacia pública, cambio social y transición política,” Ministry of Science and Innovation, HAR2010–21694.
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Sanz, R.P. (2015). Furthering US Geopolitical Priorities and Dealing with the Iberian Dictatorships. In: Rodríguez Jiménez, F.J., Gómez-Escalonilla, L.D., Cull, N.J. (eds) US Public Diplomacy and Democratization in Spain. Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137461452_3
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