Imperial Skirmishes: War and Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America
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Notorious for its recent military dictatorships, South America is less well known for its wars. But since the dawn of independence in the early nineteenth century, the continent has witnessed a series of conflicts, some short and small-scale, others long-lasting and extensive. Many such conflicts amounted to little more than sabre-rattling and cost little human life. But not all hostilities were small or trivial. More than 400,000 troops and civilians died in 1865-70 when Paraguay went to war with Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay in the continent's greatest military disaster.Using contemporary press reports, unpublished correspondence, and first-hand recollections of battles and skirmishes, this book analyzes how distant wars were viewed in Europe and how they affected the people who actually fought them. It reveals for the first time the true extent of European involvement in Latin America's internal strife, and captures the imperial ambitions, the belligerence, and the incompetence of Victorian generals and profiteers.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1566564484
ISBN13:9781566564489
Release Date:June 2002
Publisher:Olive Branch Press
Length:194 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
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Great apetizer for a grand feast
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Andrew Graham-Yooll takes his readers through a rapid, breath-taking ride through the wild world of 19th and early 20th Century Latin American military history. While this period involves a great deal of "gunboat diplomacy" in the sense of outside powers imposing their will through force, the title is a bit of a misnomer in that Graham-Yooll provides good thumbnail sketches of the various inter-state wars of the period as well. Obviously, no single volume can do justice to such a vast subject. This book will leave the reader for a hunger to delve deeper.
An engaging and very informative history
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Imperial Skirmishes: War And Gunboat Diplomacy In Latin America by Andrew Graham-Yooll (Senior Editor, "Buenos Aires Herald") is an engaging and very informative history of South American wars and conflicts from the 1800s down to the late twentieth century. Wars and "gunboat diplomacy" between Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are presented in this carefully researched, well written, and very highly recommended account, one which clearly presents both the causes and the effects of human conflict upon the nations of the southern continent.
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