The Paraguayan War: Causes and Early Conduct

A very Bloody War

Between 1864 and 1870 Paraguay was at war against the combined forces of the Brazilian Empire, Argentina and Uruguay. This book is the definitive presentation of the background and early stages of the bloodiest war in South American history. Competing nationalisms, boundary conflicts, and fear of Brazilian hegemony in the Río de la Plata are all discussed with excellent analyses of the personalities involved. The author's sympathy for the common solider of all the beligerents is quite clear. Civil War buffs, take notice! Much of this war centered on control of the rivers of the Río de la Plata and in the belligerents' employment of river navies, weaponry, tactics, and siegecraft there is an eerie resemblance to the Western Theater of the North American war. Those who wish to know more about this defining moment of national development for the four states involved in the conflict should get this work.