Spain and Argentina in the First World War: Transnational Neutralities

This book analyzes the transnational impact of the Great War on Spain and Argentina,which remained neutral during the conflict. It explores neutrality as a space of dispute,the debate about peace,and the ideas of nations and supra-nations. The radicalization that emerged in 1917 shaped the political radicalization of the conflict and the postwar period.

Format: Hardback
Length: 214 pages
Publication date: 23 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This groundbreaking work is the first to examine the profound transnational impact of the Great War on two neutral countries, Spain and Argentina, that played pivotal countries throughout the conflict. Both nations were pivotal in shaping the propaganda and policies of belligerent nations like France, Germany, and Great Britain, demonstrating that the war had a global reach and deeply affected local political and cultural processes, even in geographically distant areas from the trenches.

Within this framework, this book delves into three key aspects that are analyzed dynamically throughout the entire war from a transnational perspective: neutrality as a contested space between pro-Allied and pro-German sectors and its relationship with local politics, the debate about what positions should be adopted to ensure a world without war, and the polemics surrounding the ideas of nations and supra-nations (Hispanism, Latinism, and Pan-Americanism). The book's conclusions underscore that the radicalization that erupted in 1917 in both countries played a fundamental role in shaping the political radicalization of the conflict's final months and the postwar period. Similar to Europe, the Great War did not end in 1918, and its echoes persisted in the 1920s and 1930s.

Weight: 476g
Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138342958