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Informationen zum Autor Phillip Dehne is Associate Professor of History at St. Joseph's College, New York Klappentext This book uncovers a forgotten campaign of the First World War, the fight to dominate South America. Propelled by the fear of British businessmen, Britain created a complex economic war against local Germans, with the aim of permanently overturning German dominance in lucrative avenues of international trade. By utilizing archives in Britain and South America, Dehne produces a lively account of the way the campaign was conducted on both sides of the Atlantic.This book will persuade anyone interested in the First World War that the conflict must be examined beyond the battlefields of Europe. It comprises a significant contribution to the new field of the history of globalization, and it will appeal to anyone interested in the economic, diplomatic, and imperial history of the twentieth century. Suggesting new reasons for the emergence of anti-foreign populism in South American states, it will also be of interest to Latin American history students. Zusammenfassung Discover a new front of the First World War: the battle for domination of South America. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsMapsIntroduction1. The rise of the Anglo-German antagonism in South America, 1900-142. "What sort of patriotism is this?" Demanding changes to the British war, August 1914-December 1915 3. The British government redefines Germanness4. The "ceaseless vigil": Compiling the Statutory Blacklist5. Fighting a "constructive" war6. Cloaks, Turks, the Octopus, and other Undesirables: Travails of the trade warriors in South America7. How the economic war shaped South American engagement in the World War8. Attempting to bring Greater Britain into the post-warConclusion: Remembering the Great War in South AmericaBibliographyIndex
