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

by William F. Sater

Book Overview

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. On land, large armies using the most modern weapons--breech-loading...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803243340
• ISBN13: 9780803243347
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"