L'Espagne Republicaine: French Policy and Spanish Republicanism in Liberated France

by David A. Messenger

This work examines the Spanish question in the context of post-war French politics and foreign policy, in particular during the period 1943-1946. The war had been fought against authoritarian fascism, yet Francisco Franco and his regime remained in power. Spanish Republican refugees in France were heralded as model democrats awaiting liberation, a liberation that France could best provide through pursuit of an antagonistic policy toward Franco. But...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845192591
• ISBN13: 9781845192594
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 195 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"