Paraguayan War: Causes and Early Conduct, Vol. 1 by Thomas L. Whigham
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: July 2002
- Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
- Format: Hardcover, 520pp
- Series: Studies in War, Society, and the Military
- ISBN-13: 9780803247864
- ISBN: 0803247869
Synopsis
The Paraguayan War (1864–70) was the deadliest and most extensive interstate war ever fought in Latin America. The conflict involving Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil killed hundreds of thousands of people and had dire consequences for the Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López and his nation. Though the Paraguayan War stirs the same emotions in South Americans as does the Civil War in the United States, there have been few significant investigations of the war available in English.
In this first of two volumes, Thomas L. Whigham provides an engrossing and comprehensive account of the war's origins and early campaigns, and he guides the reader through the complexities of South American nationalism, military development, and political intrigue. Whigham portrays the conflict as bloody and inexcusable, though it paved the way for more modern societies in the continent. The Paraguayan War fills an important gap in our understanding of Latin American history.
Biography
Thomas L. Whigham is a professor of history at the University of Georgia. He is the author of The Politics of River Trade: Tradition and Development in the Upper Plata, 1780–1870.
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January 23, 2003: Between 1864 and 1870 Paraguay was at war against the combined forces of the Brazilian Empire, Argentina and Uruguay. This book is the definitive presentation of the background and early stages of the bloodiest war in South American history. Competing nationalisms, boundary conflicts, and fear of Brazilian hegemony in the R?o de la Plata are all discussed with excellent analyses of the personalities involved. The author's sympathy for the common solider of all the beligerents is quite clear. Civil War buffs, take notice! Much of this war centered on control of the rivers of the R?o de la Plata and in the belligerents' employment of river navies, weaponry, tactics, and siegecraft there is an eerie resemblance to the Western Theater of the North American war. Those who wish to know more about this defining moment of national development for the four states involved in the conflict should get this work.
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