An American Diplomat In Franco Spain

Author : Michael Aaron Rockland
Publisher : Hansen Publishing Group LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781601823045
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An American Diplomat in Franco Spain written by Michael Aaron Rockland and published by Hansen Publishing Group LLC. This book was released on 2012 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American Diplomat in Franco Spain is filled with Michael Aaron Rockland's experiences as a cultural attache at the United States embassy in Madrid, Spain in the 1960s. He captures episodes of historical and cultural significance as he goes about doing his country's business. Some of his stories are quite poignant while others are quite amusing. He shares with his readers how he avoided shaking Francisco Franco's hand, how he spent a day with Martin Luther King in Madrid, how his son was selected to be in the movie Dr. Zhivago, how he came to know several Kennedys, including Senator Edward Kennedy, Pat Lawford Kennedy, and Jackie Kennedy, and how the U.S. accidentally dropped four unarmed hydrogen bombs on Spain. Throughout these stories, Rockland explains Spanish culture, past and present, with his experiences involving bull fighting, being a Jew in a very Catholic Spain, his love affair with Spanish food, and what is lost in translation.

Author : Michael Aaron Rockland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781601823052
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adventures of an American Diplomat in Franco Spain written by Michael Aaron Rockland and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Douglas Edward Laprade
Publisher : Universitat de València
ISBN 13 : 8437083567
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hemingway & Franco written by Douglas Edward Laprade and published by Universitat de València. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este volumen es un análisis fundamental para entender los lazos del escritor norteamericano con la España republicana y su posterior acogida, durante los años de postguerra, por parte del gobierno del general Franco. Los primeros tres capítulos examinan las alusiones literarias e históricas de algunas de sus obras en referencia a España, su relación política y literaria con Rafael Alberti y la recepción del escritor a la luz de su ideología. Los últimos cinco capítulos ofrecen y explican los documentos españoles, depositados en el Archivo General de la Administración en Alcalá de Henares, que testimonian cómo el gobierno franquista siempre consideró a Hemingway un escritor comunista y, por tanto, peligroso y objeto de censura.

Author : Jonathan R. Dull
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300038866
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution written by Jonathan R. Dull and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1987-07-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the effect of the American Revolution on European relations, relates American diplomatic efforts to others of the time, and explains why England could not find allies against the colonists

Author : Barry Whelan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780268105068
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland's Revolutionary Diplomat written by Barry Whelan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Leopold Kerney was one of the most important Irish ambassadors to several European nations during the tumultuous 1920s and 1930s, and was accordingly drawn into much of the strife and diplomatic intrigue of that era. He is the subject of this book, as the work and life of Kerney is scrutinized and contextualized. Kerney had dealings in Paris during World War I, navigated a complex diplomatic climate in Franco-era Spain, and had perilous encounters with German military intelligence during World War II"--

Author : N. Rosendorf
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137372575
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Franco Sells Spain to America written by N. Rosendorf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking study of the Franco regime's utilization of Hollywood film production in Spain, American tourism, and sophisticated public relations programs - including the most popular national pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair - in a determined effort to remake the Spanish dictatorship's post-World War II reputation in the US.

Author : S. Pack
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230601162
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism and Dictatorship written by S. Pack and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-10-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following WWII, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing.

Author : Gaynor Johnson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443809438
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The International Context of the Spanish Civil War written by Gaynor Johnson and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, which consists of essays by leading scholars in the field of twentieth century international history, examines the wider context of one of the most bitter and bloody civil wars in European history - the Spanish Civil War. The chapters discuss all of the major debates that surround the ideological and political context of the war, including the extent to which it could be regarded as a 'dress rehearsal' for the Second World War. The book also debates the nature of civil war in the twentieth century and as such will be of interest to military and international historians as well as to historians of the history of ideas.

Author : Peter P. Hill
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612343015
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Troublesome Americans written by Peter P. Hill and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly before the United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Congress came within two votes of declaring war on Napoleon Bonaparte's French empire. For six years, France and Britain had both seized American shipping. While common wisdom says that America was virtually an innocent in this matter, caught in the middle of the epic wars between France and Britain, Peter Hill has uncovered a far more complex and interesting history. French privateers and Napoleon's navy were seizing American merchant ships in a concerted attempt to disrupt Britain's commerce. American ships were the principal carriers of British goods to the continent, and Napoleon believed his best, and perhaps only, hope to defeat Britain was to cut off that market. While the French emperor sought an accommodation with America, the administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison continually frustrated him. American diplomatic fumbling sent mixed messages, and American neutrality policies, Hill finds, were more punishing to France than to Britain. Always interested in lucrative ventures, American merchant ships also became the main suppliers of food to British forces fighting Napoleon in Spain and Portugal. By 1812, the United States was on a collision course with both Britain and France over clashes on the high seas, and war with two major powers at once might have proven disastrous for the young United States. Hill's engaging narrative details the fascinating history of America's troubled relationship with Napoleon and how this crisis with France was finally averted.

Author : Peter P. Hill
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597976822
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joel Barlow, American Diplomat and Nation Builder written by Peter P. Hill and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating biography of one of America's most colorful diplomats