Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884U of Nebraska Press, 1 ene 2007 - 457 páginas The year 1879 marked the beginning of one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts of nineteenth-century Latin America. The War of the Pacific pitted Peru and Bolivia against Chile in a struggle initiated over a festering border dispute. The conflict saw Chile's and Peru's armored warships vying for control of sea lanes and included one of the first examples of the use of naval torpedoes. |
Índice
Introduction | 1 |
1 The Prewar Maneuvers | 27 |
2 Comparing the Armies | 44 |
3 Comparing the Navies | 96 |
4 Chipana to Iquique | 116 |
5 Angamos and Beyond | 137 |
6 The Land War Begins | 170 |
7 The Tacna and Arica Campaigns | 212 |
8 Investing Lima | 258 |
9 The Dirty War | 301 |
10 Conclusion | 347 |
Notes | 361 |
Bibliography | 423 |
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Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 William F. Sater Vista de fragmentos - 2007 |
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