Politico exterior argentina, 1930-1962

This “manual,” so the authors hope in their preface, will supply basic information on Argentine foreign relations now so unsatisfactorily provided for in pamphlets, a few out-of-print foreign works, and several Argentine juridical treatises. Within this framework the book successfully completes its mission. A clear, concise narrative carries the reader through the implications for Argentina of the Depression, the Second World War, the peronista “Third Position,” and the present deadlock between East and West. Of particular interest are lengthy discussions of the Roca-Runciman Paet, Lend-Lease consultations with the United States in 1941-42, Hull’s violent pressures on Argentina in 1943-44, postwar relations with England, and Arturo Frondizi’s policies toward Fidel Castro. The authors attempt to keep their private biases in the background although it is clear that they are nationalists and conservatives. A broadly selected bibliography makes up for the lack of footnotes in the text. Curiously absent, however, is Sergio Bagú, Argentina en el mundo (1961).