Zahraniční politika frankistického Španĕlska

This bachelor thesis deals with Spanish foreign policy during the Franco period. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze Francois foreign policy and evaluate it's aims, instruments, possibilities and limits. The partial goal is to test the following hypothesis: for the recognition of the Franco's regime in the international environment was essential and crucial the fact, that the regime was during the whole time firmly anti-communist. To fulfill the set aims, the thesis is divided in four chapters. First, the work is devoted to theoretical background and defining essential terms. The second chapter is focusing on the political development of Spain before the Franco's regime, from the end of the nineteenth century. The third chapter contains the Francoist foreign policy during the World War II, it's aims and limits. The last chapter focuses on the period after World War II until the fall of the Francoist regime.