Argentina Between the Great Powers, 1939-46

An examination of Argentina's international behaviour during World War II. Relationships with the UK, the USA and Germany are considered, and in particular, the USA's long term hostile attitude towards the only country in Latin America that tried to question the American hegemony over the region.

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Anglo-American relations, 1939-46 - a British view, A.E.Campbell, "the juggler" - Franklin Rossevelt and Anglo-American competition in Latin America, W.F.Kimball; the origins of misunderstanding - United States-Argentine relations, 1900-40, J.S.Tulchin; US politican destabilization and economic boycott of Argentina during the 1940s, E.Escude; foreign and domestic policy in Argentina during the second world war, M.Rapoport; disorderly succession - Great Britain, the United States and the "Nazi menace" in Argentina, 1938-47, R.C.Newton; the Braden campaign and Anglo-American relations in Argentina, 1945-6, C.A.MacDonald; the United States and Argentina in Brazil's wartime foreigh policy, 1939-45, S.E.Hilton; Argentina between the great powers, 1939-46 - a revisionist summing-up, G.di Tella; a Northern summing-up, J.Major.