La disputa por la argentinidad: rupturistas y neutralistas durante la Primera Guerra Mundial

Abstract

The first World War caused an intense interest and a vast activism of Argentinean society, proverbial recipient of immigration. Public opinion polarized between the Allies supporters –inclined to the breaking-off of diplomatic relationships with the Central Empires– and the advocates of the maintenance of strict neutrality, position adopted by the Argentine government. During the conflict development, two different political identities taking were shape, which offered different interpretations of nationalism, at its peak during the interwar period. This paper intends to analyze the ideas of nation underlying the positions of the breaking–off and the neutrality supporters, and their respective interpretation of the kind of relationship that Argentine should maintain with Europe and the United States.