02977nam 2200505 450 991015950770332120200520144314.01-78694-526-61-78138-436-3(CKB)3710000000908876(MiAaPQ)EBC4779105(UkCbUP)CR9781781384367(StDuBDS)EDZ0001992605(Au-PeEL)EBL4779105(CaPaEBR)ebr11326031(OCoLC)968738163(EXLCZ)99371000000090887620170119h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCultural diplomacy a hundred years of history of the British-Spanish Society /Luis G. Martinez del CampoLiverpool, [England] :Liverpool University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (208 pages) illustrationsLiverpool scholarship onlineTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).1-78138-275-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Liverpool scholarship online.Great BritainRelationsSpainSpainRelationsGreat BritainElectronic books.940.5Martínez del Campo Luis G.1982-904663MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910159507703321Cultural diplomacy2023013UNINA