Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884The 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. |
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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 |
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Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 William F. Sater Попередній перегляд недоступний - 2009 |
Загальні терміни та фрази
Ahumada Moreno Allied Aníbal Pinto Antofagasta Arequipa Arica army army’s Artillería artillery Atacama attack August Baquedano Batallón battle battlefield Blanco Bolivian Buendía Bulnes Cáceres Callao Campaña Canto capture cavalry Cazadores Chile Chilean Chorrillos Cochrane Colonel Commanding Officer conflict Daza Daza’s December defenders Diario División Domingo Santa María El Mercurio enemy Escala field fight fighting finally fire first five flank flee fleet forces Francisco García Granaderos Grau Guerra del Pacífico guns Historia militar Huáscar infantry Iquique ironclads José Juan July June Lima Lima’s Lynch to Minister mada Moreno Magallanes Manuel Manuel Baquedano March Memoria Mercurio Valparaíso military Ministry montoneros Narciso Campero nation naval Navy November official ordered Pacific Patricio Lynch Pedro Peru Peru’s Peruvian Piérola Pisagua port Prado President rifles Riveros Santa María Santiago ship’s ships soldiers Sotomayor Tacna Tarapacá torpedo transport troops Unión units Valparaíso Vergara weapons Williams Rebolledo wounded
Бібліографічна інформація
| Назва | Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 Studies in war, society, and the military |
| Автор | William F. Sater |
| Видавець | U of Nebraska Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 080320759X, 9780803207592 |
| Обсяг | 457 стор. |
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