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oapen-20.500.12657-575032022-07-19T03:05:25Z The Road to Armageddon Whigham, Thomas L. Nationalism War Latin America Political Science bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTJ Peace studies & conflict resolution 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. 2022-07-18T11:54:53Z 2022-07-18T11:54:53Z 2017 book ONIX_20220718_9781552388105_80 14982366 9781552388105 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57503 eng Latin American & Caribbean Studies application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781552388105.pdf University of Calgary Press 5c7afbd8-3329-4175-a51e-9949eb959527 9781552388105 672 Calgary open access
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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.
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