ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the multiple relationships between the global context of the German submarine campaign, the entry of the United States into the war and the revolution process in Russia, and the local developments in Spain and Argentina. It shows that these local developments were similar in both neutral countries, shared many elements, and were also clearly linked with what was happening in other neutral countries. The year 1917 was one of local and international ruptures and witnessed an intense social mobilization around the war in both countries: several pro-Allies and pro-German meetings and organizations grew in both countries. Its positions on neutrality divided the societies into those that demanded to break off diplomatic relations with Germany and those that held the governments’ neutral position.
