The Dispute Over Gibraltar

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Infobase Publishing, 2009 - History - 150 pages
Phoenician traders believed it marked the end of the world. To the Greeks and Romans, it was one of the mythological Pillars of Hercules. For centuries, strategic Gibraltar, the massive limestone "Rock" also known as the "Gateway to the Mediterranean," wa
 

Contents

An Extremely Bitter Dispute
2
The Early History of Gibraltar
23
The Gibraltar Tradition
43
Border Disputes Conflict in Europe
62
Hitler World War II and Gibraltar
81
Franco the United Nations and Gibraltar 19451975
98
The Lisbon Agreement and Beyond
115
Conclusions
125
Chronology and Timeline
132
Notes
137
Bibliography
140
Further Reading
143
Picture Credits
144
Index
145
About the Contributors
150
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