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Chaco War : Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935 by Bruce W. Farcau (1996, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100275952185

ISBN-139780275952181

eBay Product ID (ePID)96102

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

Publication NameChaco War : Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

SubjectMilitary / General, Latin America / South America

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorBruce W. Farcau

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight19.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN95-042506

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"This is an interesting tale of conflict informatively related." The British Bulletin of Publications, "Farcau describes the military struggles between Bolivia and Paraguay over the desert region of the Chaco.... This study will be appreciated by military specialists...." Choice

Dewey Edition20

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal989.207/1

Table Of ContentPreface Laguna Grande The Chaco Bolivia Paraguay Pitiantuta Boqueron Kilometer 7 Corrales Nanawa Toledo and Fernandez Alihuata Nanawa II Campo Grande Campo Via Ballivian Strongest Algodonal El Carmen Case Staudt Irendague Ibibobo Villa Montes Buenos Aires Bibliography Index

SynopsisNearly 100,000 men died during the course of the tragic three-year war between two of the world's poorest nations, Bolivia and Paraguay, in the 1930s. The Chaco War was fought over a worthless stretch of desert scrubland for the pride of political leaders and the ambition of a few military officers. While thousands of illiterate, barefoot, undernourished peasant soldiers fought and died with incredible bravery, their commanders and national leaders fussed and fumed over imagined slights and avoided the peace which was so easily within their reach. The Bolivian military, in particular, performed abysmally. Few wars have been as unnecessary or as costly as the Chaco War.

LC Classification NumberF2688