First World War propaganda in neutral Argentina

MARÍA INÉS TATO

Propaganda and Neutrality. Global Case Studies in the 20th Century

Bloomsbury Academic

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2023; p. 35 - 47

As a global conflict, the First World War was fought in and from different world locations and at different levels, including through the realms of symbolism. To mobilize human and material resources, justify the war and maintain or extend commercial, geopolitical and cultural influence, the belligerent states appealed to the cooperation of their allies but also to neutral nations. Thus, propaganda turned out to be a fundamental strategy for economic, military and cultural war mobilization and neutrals became battlefields where the warring nations competed for support to the war effort. This chapter aims to analyze war propaganda disseminated in Argentina during the conflict and its reference to neutrality.