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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-620) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 989.2/05
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- s-py---
- ISBN
- 9781552388099 9781552388112
- LCCN
- F2687
- LCCN Item number
- W45 2017eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxxix, 631 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00975521 (OCoLC)1015953397 (CaOOCEL)454390
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Paraguay versus the Triple Alliance, 1866-70
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Half Title Page 2
- Series Page 3
- Full Title Page 4
- Copyright Page 5
- Dedication 6
- Maps 8
- Table of Contents 16
- Acknowledgments 18
- Abbreviations 20
- Illustrations 22
- Introduction 42
- 1 | THE ARMIES INVADE 56
- 2 | VAST FIELDS OF DEATH 84
- 3 | A MARCH THROUGH THE SWAMPS 110
- 4 | RISKS AND SETBACKS 132
- 5 | THE ALLIES STUMBLE 160
- 6 | INNOVATIONS AND LIMITATIONS 190
- 7 | THE ONGOING RESISTANCE 218
- 8 | THE COST OFENDURANCE 246
- 9 | A CRUEL ATTRITION 274
- 10 | THE NATION CONSUMES ITS OWN 298
- 11 | BLEEDING, DROP BY DROP 318
- 12 | THE DECEMBER CAMPAIGN 340
- 13 | ANOTHER PAUSE 364
- 14 | RESISTANCE TO NO AVAIL 390
- 15 | THE NEW PARAGUAY AND THE OLD 414
- 16 | THE END OF IT 432
- Epilogue 458
- Notes 472
- Notes to Introduction 472
- Notes to Chapter 1 475
- Notes to Chapter 2 483
- Notes to Chapter 3 491
- Notes to Chapter 4 496
- Notes to Chapter 5 502
- Notes to Chapter 6 513
- Notes to Chapter 7 524
- Notes to Chapter 8 533
- Notes to Chapter 9 544
- Notes to Chapter 10 551
- Notes to Chapter 11 562
- Notes to Chapter 12 568
- Notes to Chapter 13 576
- Notes to Chapter 14 588
- Notes to Chapter 15 598
- Notes to Chapter 16 605
- Notes to Epilogue 617
- Glossary 624
- Bibliography 630
- Index 662
- Untitled 674
