Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884

Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884
ISBN-10
080320759X
ISBN-13
9780803207592
Category
History
Pages
457
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Author
William F. Sater

Description

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.

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