International Image Cultivation During Cold War Times

Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Tripodos ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 187-201
Author(s):  
Clara Sanz Hernando ◽  
Ana Cabrera

El trabajo analiza la visita de Estado que Franco realizó al Portugal de Sa­lazar, en octubre de 1949. Este viaje se preparó con fines propagandísticos para romper el aislamiento internacio­nal de España y mejorar la imagen del caudillo en el exterior. Con la utilización de las perspectivas histórica, cuantitati­va, cualitativa y comparativa se analiza este acontecimiento y las informaciones que proporcionaron dos diarios espa­ñoles (ABC y Arriba) y dos portugueses (Diário de Notícias y Diário da Man­hã), sometidos a un potente sistema de censura y consignas. La investigación concluye que un formidable aparato propagandístico convirtió este acto en un éxito. Para este fin, se recuperó y re­vitalizó el arsenal mitológico creado por el régimen desde la misma Guerra Civil. En el nuevo contexto de la Guerra Fría, el caudillo apareció como un adelanta­do a su época por haber frenado al co­munismo desde el 18 de julio de 1936.   Franco in Portugal: The Revitalisation of Franquist Myths in Order to Break International Barriers This study analyses Franco’s state visit to Salazar’s Portugal in October 1949. This visit was organized with the pro­pagandist aim of improving Franco’s international image and thus breaking Spain’s isolation. This event is analysed using historical, quantitative, qualita­tive and comparative perspectives to assess two Spanish (ABC and Arriba) and two Portuguese (Diário de Notí­cias and Diário da Manhã) daily news­papers, all subject to strong censorship mechanisms. This study concludes that a formidable propagandistic structure made a success out of the visit. To this end, the arsenal of myths created by the regime from the time of the Spanish Civil War was recovered and revitalised. In the new context of the Cold War, Franco was seen as a leader who was ahead of his time for having put an end to communism on July 18, 1936.


1998 ◽  
Vol 38 (325) ◽  
pp. 627-631
Author(s):  
Urs Boegli

Modern conflict often takes place in a communication vacuum, and it is time that something were done to fill it.Those engaged in war today appear to have ever less desire to make their voices heard, in most cases for good reason. In this post-Cold War era, the belligerents do not care as much as they once did about what the rest of the world thinks. They no longer live in fear of annoying or embarrassing their sponsors; indeed in most cases they no longer have sponsors at all, nor do they need them. It is no longer their dream to make speeches at the United Nations in New York, as it was for so many national liberation movements a few decades ago. Many simply care nothing about their international image, or about the outside world.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-10
Author(s):  
Lili Takács

Italy has been storing U.S. nuclear tactical weapons since the fifties. During the Cold War Rome considered hosting nuclear weapons a tool to strengthen the international ranking of the country, hoping that it provides opportunity to restore trust in Italy’s international image, which had been shaken by World War II. As a consequence of the effect of bipolar logic on Italian domestic politics, hosting nuclear weapons guaranteed that the Italian Communist Party remained in opposition. Although the original reasons of hosting U.S. nuclear weapons have disappeared at the end of the Cold War, Italy is not actively promoting nuclear disarmament.


Author(s):  
Odd Arne Westad
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  

Author(s):  
Paul M. McGarr
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  

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