The Paraguayan War

Author : Thomas Whigham
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803247869

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The Paraguayan War: Causes and early conduct by Thomas Whigham Pdf

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 L¢pez 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.

Author : Hendrik Kraay,Thomas Whigham
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803227620

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I Die with My Country by Hendrik Kraay,Thomas Whigham Pdf

The Paraguayan War (1864?70) was the most extensive and profound interstate war ever fought in South America. It directly involved the four countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay and took the lives of hundreds of thousands, combatants and noncombatants alike. While the war still stirs emotions on the southern continent, until today few scholars from outside the region have taken on the daunting task of analyzing the conflict. In this compilation of ten essays, historians from Canada, the United States, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay address its many tragic complexities. Each scholar examines a particular facet of the war, including military mobilization, home-front activities, the war?s effects on political culture, war photography, draft resistance, race issues, state formation, and the role of women in the war. The editors? introduction provides a balance to the many perspectives collected here while simultaneously integrating them into a comprehensible whole, thus making the book a compelling read for social historians and military buffs alike.

Author : Leslie Bethell
Publisher : University of London Press
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173006230460

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The Paraguayan War (1864-1870) by Leslie Bethell Pdf

Author : Gabriele Esposito
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472834416

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The Paraguayan War 1864–70 by Gabriele Esposito Pdf

The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was the largest and most important military conflict in the history of South America, after the Wars of Independence, and its only true 'continental' war. It involved four countries and lasted for more than five years, during which Paraguay fought alone against a powerful alliance formed by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. This conflict was remarkable in its huge scale and its terrible cost in lives, with the catastrophic human price paid by Paraguay amounting to more than 300,000 men, a loss of some 70% of the country's total population. The war was a real revolution for the armies of South America, and the first truly modern conflict of the continent. When the war began in 1864, the armies were small, poorly trained and badly equipped semi-professional forces. However, by the time the war ended, most of them had adopted percussion rifles employing the Minié system and new weapons like breech-loading rifles and Gatling machine guns were being tested on the continent for the first time. This title covers the whole span of the war, from the early days when the conflict primarily involved small columns of a few thousand men seeking each other out in rugged and sparsely inhabited territory, through to the later Napoleonic-style positional battles fought at points of strategic importance. It also explores the unique challenges presented by the humid, subtropical climate, including the devastating impact of disease on the troops.

Author : Christopher Leuchars
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313076855

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To the Bitter End by Christopher Leuchars Pdf

The War of the Triple Alliance was one of the longest, least remembered, and, for one of its participants, most catastrophic conflicts of the 19th century. The decision of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay to go to war against Paraguay in May 1965 has generally been regarded as a response to the raids by the headstrong and tyrannical dictator, Francisco Solano Lopez. While there is some truth to this view, as Lopez had attacked towns in Argentina and Brazil, the terms of the Triple Alliance signed that same month reveal that the motivation of these two nations, at least, was to redraw the map in their favor, at the expense of Paraguay. That the resulting conflict lasted five years before Lopez was defeated and his country fully at the mercy of its neighbors was a tribute to the heroic resistance of his people, as well as to the inadequacies of the allied command. The military campaigns, which took place on land and on the rivers, often in appalling conditions of both climate and terrain, are examined from a strategic perspective, as well as through the experiences of ordinary soldiers. Leuchars looks in detail at the political causes, the course of the conflict as viewed from both sides, and the tragic aftermath. He brings to light an episode that, for all its subsequent obscurity, marked a turning point in the development of South American international relations.

Author : Gabriele Esposito
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472834430

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The Paraguayan War 1864–70 by Gabriele Esposito Pdf

The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was the largest and most important military conflict in the history of South America, after the Wars of Independence, and its only true 'continental' war. It involved four countries and lasted for more than five years, during which Paraguay fought alone against a powerful alliance formed by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. This conflict was remarkable in its huge scale and its terrible cost in lives, with the catastrophic human price paid by Paraguay amounting to more than 300,000 men, a loss of some 70% of the country's total population. The war was a real revolution for the armies of South America, and the first truly modern conflict of the continent. When the war began in 1864, the armies were small, poorly trained and badly equipped semi-professional forces. However, by the time the war ended, most of them had adopted percussion rifles employing the Minié system and new weapons like breech-loading rifles and Gatling machine guns were being tested on the continent for the first time. This title covers the whole span of the war, from the early days when the conflict primarily involved small columns of a few thousand men seeking each other out in rugged and sparsely inhabited territory, through to the later Napoleonic-style positional battles fought at points of strategic importance. It also explores the unique challenges presented by the humid, subtropical climate, including the devastating impact of disease on the troops.

Author : Pelham Horton Box
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Paraguayan War, 1865-1870
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173022945700

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The Origins of the Paraguayan War by Pelham Horton Box Pdf

Author : Thomas Joseph Hutchinson
Publisher : London : E. Stanford
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Argentina
ISBN : HARVARD:32044080461767

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The Paraná by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Paraguay
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR60010649

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Revelations on the Paraguayan War by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Paraguayan War, 1865-1870
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010287345

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The War in Paraguay by George Thompson Pdf

Author : Terry D. Hooker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Armies
ISBN : 1901543153

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The Paraguayan War by Terry D. Hooker Pdf

This book should not be looked upon as a political or social history, although an understanding of these aspects would give a clearer insight into why and how Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay became embroiled in the largest war ever fought in South America. It is, rather, a work covering the military side of the events that took place between 1810-70, with a hint of the political undercurrents that motivated the various wars fought in the region during the same period. Hopefully it will encourage readers to become interested in Latin and Central American military history--a vast field of research largely neglected in both Britain and the United States.

Author : Thomas L. Whigham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1552389960

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The Paraguayan War by Thomas L. Whigham Pdf

"'The Paraguayan War' is an engrossing and comprehensive account of the origins and early campaigns of the deadliest and most extensive interstate war ever fought in Latin America."--

Author : Thomas L. Whigham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-11
Category : International relations
ISBN : 1773854275

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The Road to Armageddon by Thomas L. Whigham Pdf

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 imagination and left a tradition of bad feelings, changing politics in South America forever. This is the definitive work on the Triple Alliance War. Thomas L. Whigham examines key personalities and military engagements while exploring the effects of the conflict on individuals, Paraguayan society, and the continent as a whole. The Road to Armageddon is the first book utilize a broad range of primary sources and materials, including testimony from the men and women who witnessed the war first-hand.

Author : Thomas Whigham
Publisher : Latin American & Caribbean Stu
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1552388093

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The Road to Armageddon by Thomas Whigham Pdf

"In 1864 Paraguayan dictator Francisco Solano López seized the Brazilian steamer, the Marquês de Olinda, initiating what became the most significant war ever fought in South America. By 1866 López's offensive had ended, replaced by a brutal and protracted Allied siege of Paraguay. Whigham's study takes the story of this epic conflict from this point, describing not only key personalities and various military engagements but also explaining how the war shaped society, how men and women mobilized only to suffer on an unimaginable scale. He shows how thousands of Brazilian, Argentine, and Uruguayan soldiers were killed by 1870 and many more left wounded or broken. On their side, the Paraguayans saw their population fall to less than half its pre-war figure, and the country's economy more or less ceased to function. Yet, for all the devastation it unleashed, the Triple Alliance War also acted as a major catalyst, permanently changing political parameters on the continent and etching the struggle into popular memory in an unforgettable way. The Road to Armageddon is the definitive work on the Triple Alliance War of 1864-1866. There is no other work in English that covers this war in such detail and with such a wide use of sources. Unlike the other works published on the Triple Alliance conflict, which are based almost exclusively on secondary works, The Road to Armageddon is based on a broad consideration of newspaper sources and primary materials from a score of archives and libraries in Brazil, Paraguay, Great Britain, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, and the United States. In addition to focusing on high politics and the conduct of the war, the study also attempts to examine the conflict from the bottom up, with testimony drawn from poor men and women who witnessed the worst aspects of the war. The Road to Armageddon is not the only English-language work on the war, but it is distinctly the most complete. The images, which are relatively unknown in North America, are particularly fine as are the maps."--

Author : John H. Tuohy
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1466248386

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Biographical Sketches from the Paraguayan War - 1864-1870 by John H. Tuohy Pdf

The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, raged for over five years; pitting Paraguay against the alliance of the Republics of Argentina and Uruguay and the Empire of Brazil. Between its loss of territory and the deaths of sixty percent of its population, the war left Paraguay devastated for generations. The Allies emerged from their victory exhausted and with societies profoundly changed by the experience of the war. This book provides brief biographies of significant players in the tragedy that was the Paraguayan War. As in any epic, the War's dramatis personæ include heroes and villains, the colorful and the subdued. Many of those who survived the conflict went on to important post-war careers. Many of those who did not survive are still remembered by their countrymen for their courage and devotion.