United States - Foreign relations - 1945-1953.United States - Foreign relations - Spain.Spain - Foreign relations - United States.Political culture - United States - History - 20th century.Label Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War Title Truman, Franco's Spain, and the Cold War Statement of responsibility Wayne H. This important book tells the story of Truman's hostility to Spain and its impact on this military, diplomatic, and commercial relationship, the history of the early Cold War, and the extent of presidential leadership in strategic foreign policy shifts.". Truman never reconciled to this accommodation, continuing to consider Spain, its history, and culture with a mix of apathy and derision. This delay increased the financial cost of the 1953 defense agreements with Spain, undermined US planning for the defense of Europe, and caused dysfunction over foreign policy at the height of the Cold War. Truman begrudgingly accepted an agreement with the Spanish government years of pressure, and with the overarching need for allied during the Cold War.
The eventual alliance between the two countries came only after years of argument for such a shift by nearly the entire US diplomatic and military establishment. As a Freemason and Protestant, Truman struggled to overcome his bias against a regime that persecuted those with similar affiliations, and whose politics were set against the liberal democracy, the workers and farmers the "Man from Independence" championed throughout his career. Truman's negative views on Spain developed from his Baptist upbringing and youth during the Spanish-American War and his first term in the US Senate. During his presidency (1945-1953), the State Department and the Department of Defense lobbied Truman to form an alliance with Spain to leverage that nation's geostrategic position, despite Francisco Franco's authoritarian dictatorship. Truman harbored an abiding disdain for Spain and its government.
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