20th century warfare
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Author_Adrian English
bloodiest south american war of 20th century
bolivia
bomber planes
bombers
Category=NHK
Category=NHW
chaco boreal
chaco peace conference
chaco war
concise history
conflict
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eq_history
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forgotten war
gran chaco
la guerra de la sed
league of nations
modern weapons
oil deposits
paraguay
petroleum
Spellmount military studies
standing army
tanks
Product details
- ISBN 9781862274457
- Weight: 450g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2007
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Second in the Spellmount Military Studies series is one of few works in English on this largely forgotten war. It reveals the unconventional tactics that allowed the poorly equipped Paraguayans to overcome Bolivia’s European-style standing army, which fought with tanks and bomber planes. The conflict embodied the changes that would take place in 20th-century warfare and hastened the demise of the League of Nations.
Andrew Hilton is a Chartered Surveyor who travels extensively, especially within Africa, in connection with his work with international economic development programmes. He is a graduate of Birkbeck College, London, in Field Archaeology, and has a keen interest in military and oral history. He has been researching this remarkable story for the past decade.
