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An account of the Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay in the 1930s.

Table of Contents

Preface Laguna Grande The Chaco Bolivia Paraguay Pitiantuta Boqueron Kilometer 7 Corrales Nanawa Toledo and Fernandez Alihuata Nanawa II Campo Grande Campo Via Ballivian Strongest Algodonal El Carmen Case Staudt Irendague Ibibobo Villa Montes Buenos Aires Bibliography Index

About the Author

BRUCE FARCAU has been an officer in the U.S. Foreign Service for nearly 20 years and has served at posts throughout Latin America and Western Europe.

Reviews

?Farcau describes the military struggles between Bolivia and Paraguay over the desert region of the Chaco.... This study will be appreciated by military specialists....?-Choice

?Farcau provides a balanced perspective, often weighing the interpretations of the classic works on the war and concluding with confirmingor disconfirming evidence and logic....Personal interviews with Chaco War veterans contributed valuable eye-witness accounts and varied perspectives to his research and effectively translated cold military strategy into painful human experience.?-South Eastern Latin Americanist

?This is an interesting tale of conflict informatively related.?-The British Bulletin of Publications

"Farcau describes the military struggles between Bolivia and Paraguay over the desert region of the Chaco.... This study will be appreciated by military specialists...."-Choice

"This is an interesting tale of conflict informatively related."-The British Bulletin of Publications

"Farcau provides a balanced perspective, often weighing the interpretations of the classic works on the war and concluding with confirmingor disconfirming evidence and logic....Personal interviews with Chaco War veterans contributed valuable eye-witness accounts and varied perspectives to his research and effectively translated cold military strategy into painful human experience."-South Eastern Latin Americanist