La demonización del comunismo durante la II Guerra Mundial
en Mundo: Revista de Política Exterior y Economía

Pich i Mitjana, Josep, 1967-; Contreras, Josep; Pastrana Piñero, Juan

La demonización del comunismo durante la II Guerra Mundial en Mundo: Revista de Política Exterior y Economía

Citation

Pastrana Piñero, J.; Contreras, J.; Pich Mitjana, J. La demonización del comunismo durante la II Guerra Mundial en Mundo: Revista de Política Exterior y Economía. Vínculos de historia 2015; (4): 348-370

Abstract

Francoist foreign policy discourse throughout the 1941-1945 period highlighted the ideological differences with communism, to the point of demonizing the Soviet Union’ regime in order to picture it as a world menace to Eastern Europe civilization. Mundo: Revista de Política Exterior y Economía, with an editorial staff which featured a large number of senior Francoist officials and personalities, is an illustrative example of this discourse. In this article we attempt to set out the basic lines of arguments of this discourse, which can be extrapolated to the overall stance of regime. Through an analysis of its editorials published between 1941 and 1945. We also focus on studying whether the theses defended in the articles analyzed witnessed significant changes throughout the period examined. The analysis of the texts is supplemented by a study of this weekly’s staff and the changes the publication saw over the period in question.