The road to Armageddon : : Paraguay versus the Triple Alliance, 1866-70 / / Thomas L. Whigham.
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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Superior document: | Latin American and Caribbean Series, Number 14 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Calgary, Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, 2017. ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Latin American and Caribbean series ;
Number 14. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (584 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.