Drawing on extensive archival research at the UK National Archives, this volume examines how "London" (primarily British diplomats in Spain and officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) perceived the radical Basque nationalist group ETA's campaign of violence from 1968 to 1993.
In the summer of 1968, reports of the killing of a Spanish Guardia Civil officer by the then little-known ETA appeared in British diplomatic despatches. Over the next five decades, ETA would claim more than 850 lives. All the while, UK diplomats and officials gathered information and analysed ETA within the constantly changing, tumultuous sociopolitical context of Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy. This book offers a rare external perspective on what London often referred to as the "Basque problem", while also shedding light on the relationship between ETA and the IRA, and the joint efforts by Madrid and London to confront their shared threat.
ETA and the "Basque Problem" will appeal to students and scholars of Basque nationalism, contemporary Spanish history and terrorism studies.
| ISBN: | 9781041039464 |
| Publication date: | 16th February 2026 |
| Author: | Niall Cullen |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 314 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Modern European History |
| Genres: |
European history Social and cultural history History and Archaeology |
Drawing on extensive archival research at the UK National Archives, this volume examines how "London" (primarily British diplomats in Spain and officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) perceived the radical Basque nationalist group ETA's campaign of violence from 1968 to 1993.
In the summer of 1968, reports of the killing of a Spanish Guardia Civil officer by the then little-known ETA appeared in British diplomatic despatches. Over the next five decades, ETA would claim more than 850 lives. All the while, UK diplomats and officials gathered information and analysed ETA within the constantly changing, tumultuous sociopolitical context of Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy. This book offers a rare external perspective on what London often referred to as the "Basque problem", while also shedding light on the relationship between ETA and the IRA, and the joint efforts by Madrid and London to confront their shared threat.
ETA and the "Basque Problem" will appeal to students and scholars of Basque nationalism, contemporary Spanish history and terrorism studies.
ETA and the "Basque Problem" features in the following genres: European history, Social and cultural history, History and Archaeology
ETA and the "Basque Problem" is available in Hardback
ETA and the "Basque Problem" was written by Niall Cullen and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
ETA and the "Basque Problem" has 314 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Modern European History series
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