German-Argentine Relations during the Great War, 1914-1918

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34096/hyg.n5.14055
Keywords: German-Argentine Relations, First World War, Neutrality, Economic relations, Political relations

Abstract

Germany and Argentina went through a critical phase in their relations during the First World War. While German economic interests in Argentina had steadily increased before the war, August 1914 marked a break. However, the relationship between the two countries would remain special until 1918 due to Argentina’s neutrality. How did political, economic and cultural relations evolve during the war years? Which actors were important? Why did Argentina remain neutral while many other American countries went to war against the German Reich?    

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Stefan Rinke, Freie Universität Berlin, Alemania
Stefan Rinke holds a PhD with habilitation in Modern History with a regional focus on Latin America from the Katholische Universität Eichstätt. Professor of Latin American history and director of the Institute for Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. He has been president of AHILA from 2014 to 2017. In 2017, he was awarded the José Antonio Alzate Prize of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and CONACYT and declared Doctor honoris causa by the Universidad Nacional de San Martín. He is a member of the Academies of History of Ecuador and Mexico. He has published 58 books and more than 200 articles on the history of Latin America since colonial times.

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Published
2024-01-03
How to Cite
Rinke, S. (2024). German-Argentine Relations during the Great War, 1914-1918. Historia & Guerra, (5), 12-28. https://doi.org/10.34096/hyg.n5.14055
Issue
No 5 (2024): Enero-Junio
Section
Dossier Las relaciones germano-argentinas en el marco de los conflictos bélicos

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