The road to Armageddon : Paraguay versus the Triple Alliance, 1866-70

The road to Armageddon Paraguay versus the Triple Alliance, 1866-70

In 1864 the capture of Brazilian steamer the Marquês de Olinda initiated South America's most significant war. Thousands of Brazilian, Argentine, and Uruguayan soldiers engaged in a protracted siege of Paraguay, leaving the Paraguayan economy and population devastated. The suffering defied imag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Whigham, Thomas L., author (author), Whigham, Thomas L. (Otro)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Calgary University of Calgary Press 2017
Calgary, Alberta : 2017.
Colección:Latin American and Caribbean series ; Number 14.
Materias:
Paraguayan War, 1865-1870.
Paraguay > History > 1811-1870.
Brazil > History > Empire, 1822-1889.
Nationalism
War
Latin America
Political Science
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009672523106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Armies Invade
  • Vast Fields of Death
  • A March through the Swamps
  • Risks and Setbacks
  • The Allies Stumble
  • Innovations and Limitations
  • The Ongoing Resistance
  • The Cost of Endurance
  • A Cruel Attrition
  • The Nation Consumes Its Own
  • Bleeding, Drop by Drop
  • The December Campaign
  • Another Pause
  • Resistance to No Avail
  • The New Paraguay and the Old
  • The End of It
  • Epilogue.

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