During the Spanish Civil War, France decided to adopt a policy of non-intervention in order to promote economic and political stability. First, the policy of non-intervention prevented France from having a financial stake in the war, which it would have done if it had supported one side over the other, and it actually proved financially advantageous because it allowed France to trade with both sides of the Spanish border. Civil war without difficulties. Additionally, as France itself was very divided on which side to support in the war, the policy of non-intervention kept France peaceful and prevented it from having its own civil war. Politically, Britain was also putting a lot of pressure on France not to interfere in the war, and as France needed Britain as an ally against the threat from Germany, Italy and Russia, she gave in to his request. More importantly, France hoped that following the policy of non-intervention would maintain world peace. The European political climate was very fragile and tense at this time, and much of Europe, including France, feared that a new world war would break out, with the Spanish Civil War as the trigger. The policy of non-intervention had a key economic advantage that made it very attractive to many other countries, not just France. This policy allowed governments to trade normally with both sides of the Spanish Civil War, excluding arms and other war materials, the sale of which was not permitted. For France, which was very involved in the Spanish economy as it was the second largest market for Spanish exports and some estimates of their private investments in Spain were as high as $135 million, this policy allowed them to avoid losing millions of dollars because of business. they would have lost...... middle of paper...... 1931-1941. Basingstoke, Hampshire: PalgraveMacmillan, 2005. Thomas, Anne Van Wynen, and AJ Thomas, Jr. “Non-intervention and the Spanish Civil War.” Proceedings of the American Society of International Law at its annual meeting (1921-1969)61 (April 1967): 2-6. Accessed March 1, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25657707.Warner, Geoffrey. “France and non-intervention in Spain, July-August 1936.” International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-) 38, no. 2 (April 1962): 203-20. Accessed March 1, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2610379.Whealey, Robert H. “Great Power Economic Influence in the Spanish Civil War: From the Popular Front to World War II.” » The International History Review 5, no. 2 (May 1983): 229-54. Accessed March 1, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40105293.