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Britain and Spain led the two greatest Empires of the modern era, with perhaps the most important legacy that their two languages are amongst most widely spoken in the modern world. Yet the relationship between these two cultural giants has not always been straightforward. The founding of the British-Spanish Society has its origins in 1916 as the Anglo-Spanish League of Friendship which was founded during the First World War by a group of British academics, students and businessmen. It was a means of reaching out in social, cultural and trade friendship with their Spanish counterparts at a time when Spain's official neutrality seemed to be edging closer towards Germany. Subsequently known as the Anglo-Spanish Society, and finally the British-Spanish Society, its members continued to promote these objectives after that particular war had come to an end. Much has changed since then, with an ever-shifting political and diplomatic environment affecting the relations between Britain and Spain, but throughout this the core values of the Society have remained constant.
This fascinating book tells the story of an organisation at the heart of the relationship between two of Europe's major powers, it will be compulsory reading for those interested in the process of 'soft diplomacy' but above all for those interested in the relationship between Spain and Britain.
Contents
Joint Foreword by Jimmy Burns Marañón and Federico Trillo-Figueroa
Prologue by Lord Tristan Garel-Jones
ENGLISH EDITION
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The foundation and expansion of the Anglo-Spanish Society (1916-1920)
2.1. Wartime origins
2.2. The foundation of the General Headquarters
2.3. The expansion: Local branches of the Anglo-Spanish Society
3. The Anglo-Spanish Society in the interwar period
3.1. The double mission of the Anglo-Spanish Society after the Great War
3.2. Forward to the Society's dissolution
4. The rebirth: The League of Friendship (1950-1958)
5. A return to the origins: The new Anglo-Spanish Society
6. The Anglo-Spanish Society and Spanish democracy
7. Epilogue
8. Appendix: Memories of a retired member of the Executive Council of the Society by John Scanlan
VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL
Nota del autor
1. Introducción
2. Nacimiento y expansión de la Anglo-Spanish Society (1916-1920)
2.1. Los orígenes bélicos
2.2. La fundación de la sede londinense
2.3. La expansión: Las filiales de la Anglo-Spanish Society
3. La Anglo-Spanish Society en el periodo de entreguerras
3.1. La doble misión de la Anglo-Spanish Society
3.2. El lento camino hacia la disolución
4. La reorganización: La Liga de la Amistad (1950-1958)
5. De vuelta a su origen: La nueva Anglo-Spanish Society
6. La Anglo-Spanish Society y la democracia
7. Epílogo
8. Apéndice: Cuadro de Cargos
Index - English
Index - Spanish
