Education, Intelligence and Cultural Diplomacy at the British Council in Madrid, 1940–1941 Part 2
Shock Troops in the War of Ideas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12718231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marina Pérez De Arcos (0000-0002-5364-4040, University of Oxford & London School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 707-738 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Spanish Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-3820 • E-ISSN: 1478-3428 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14753820.2021.1896233 |
| OpenAlex | W3157723119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 1940, the British Council founded its first Spanish branch by launching a new school for children as well as a rich cultural programme to counter Nazi and Fascist propaganda in Madrid. Secretly, it also supported the British Intelligence Services’ wartime effort. Based on new sources, the current article (the second in a two-part series) examines these activities in the early 1940s. It also brings to light the crucial contribution of the Council’s first representative in Spain, Walter Starkie. No other British Hispanist has played the role of cultural diplomat in Spain with such great practical significance
Diplomacy · Media studies · Nazism · Political science · Politics · Shock (circulatory · Sociology · History · History of Education in Spain · Law · Media, Journalism, and Communication History · Medicine · Spanish History and Politics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |