Armed Forces and Energy Development in Argentina: The Role of the Navy in the First Half of the 20th Century

The Argentine Navy's interest in achieving energy self-sufficiency to mobilize its ships and ensure the defense of sovereignty led a group of its most prominent officers to demand a more decisive attitude from the institution and the State. The lessons learned from the successive wars since the...

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Autor principal: Pontoriero, Gustavo A.
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Estudios de Historia Económica Argentina y Latinoamericana (CEHEAL) 2013
Materias:
Petroleum
Navy
Argentina
Petróleo
Armada
Acceso en línea:https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/376
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spelling I28-R145-376_oai2025-02-11 Pontoriero, Gustavo A. 2013-01-10 The Argentine Navy's interest in achieving energy self-sufficiency to mobilize its ships and ensure the defense of sovereignty led a group of its most prominent officers to demand a more decisive attitude from the institution and the State. The lessons learned from the successive wars since the end of the 19th century on the strategic value of energy resources and their availability for the production and mobilization of war elements, further accentuated their concern in this regard. The Navy was involved in the exploration and exploitation of coal, oil and hydroelectric resources, and later played an important role in the development of nuclear energy in Argentina. In this paper we will analyze the origins of the process of formation of a technical elite with a high degree of professional training and industrialist awareness within the Navy, and interested in the development of the national energy sector. In the study, during the first half of the 20th century, we will use articles, conferences, memoirs and information from the personal files of a group of naval officers who wanted to increase state control over strategic resources and defense-related industries. El interés de la Armada argentina por lograr el autoabastecimiento energético para movilizar sus buques y asegurar la defensa de la soberanía llevó a que un grupo de sus oficiales más destacados reclamaran a la institución y al Estado una actitud más decidida. Las lecciones que dejaron las sucesivas guerras desde fines del siglo XIX sobre el valor estratégico de los recursos energéticos y su disponibilidad para la producción y movilización de los elementos bélicos, acentuaron aún más su preocupación al respecto. La Marina de Guerra intervino en la exploración y explotación de los recursos carboníferos, petroleros e hidroeléctricos, y luego su papel fue muy importante en el desarrollo de la energía nuclear en la Argentina. En este trabajo analizaremos los orígenes del proceso de formación de una élite técnica con alto grado de formación profesional y conciencia industrialista en el seno de la Armada, e interesada en el desarrollo del sector energético nacional. En el estudio, durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, utilizaremos artículos, conferencias, memo-rias e información de los expedientes personales de un grupo de oficiales navales que querían aumentar el control estatal sobre los recursos estratégicos y las industrias relacionadas con la defensa. application/pdf https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/376 spa Centro de Estudios de Historia Económica Argentina y Latinoamericana (CEHEAL) https://ojs.economicas.uba.ar/H-ind/article/view/376/702 H-industria. Journal of the History of Industry and Development in Latin America; No. 10 (6): Primer semestre de 2012; 1 H-industria. Revista de historia de la industria y el desarrollo en América Latina; Núm. 10 (6): Primer semestre de 2012; 1 H-industria. Revista sobre a história da indústria e desenvolvimento na América Latina; n. 10 (6): Primer semestre de 2012; 1 1851-703X Petroleum Navy Argentina Petróleo Armada Argentina Armed Forces and Energy Development in Argentina: The Role of the Navy in the First Half of the 20th Century Fuerzas Armadas y desarrollo energético en la Argentina: El papel de la Marina de Guerra en la primera mitad del siglo XX info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=hindus&d=376_oai
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Navy
Argentina
Petróleo
Armada
Argentina
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Navy
Argentina
Petróleo
Armada
Argentina
Pontoriero, Gustavo A.
Armed Forces and Energy Development in Argentina: The Role of the Navy in the First Half of the 20th Century
topic_facet Petroleum
Navy
Argentina
Petróleo
Armada
Argentina
description The Argentine Navy's interest in achieving energy self-sufficiency to mobilize its ships and ensure the defense of sovereignty led a group of its most prominent officers to demand a more decisive attitude from the institution and the State. The lessons learned from the successive wars since the end of the 19th century on the strategic value of energy resources and their availability for the production and mobilization of war elements, further accentuated their concern in this regard. The Navy was involved in the exploration and exploitation of coal, oil and hydroelectric resources, and later played an important role in the development of nuclear energy in Argentina. In this paper we will analyze the origins of the process of formation of a technical elite with a high degree of professional training and industrialist awareness within the Navy, and interested in the development of the national energy sector. In the study, during the first half of the 20th century, we will use articles, conferences, memoirs and information from the personal files of a group of naval officers who wanted to increase state control over strategic resources and defense-related industries.
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title_short Armed Forces and Energy Development in Argentina: The Role of the Navy in the First Half of the 20th Century
title_full Armed Forces and Energy Development in Argentina: The Role of the Navy in the First Half of the 20th Century
title_fullStr Armed Forces and Energy Development in Argentina: The Role of the Navy in the First Half of the 20th Century
title_full_unstemmed Armed Forces and Energy Development in Argentina: The Role of the Navy in the First Half of the 20th Century
title_sort armed forces and energy development in argentina: the role of the navy in the first half of the 20th century
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