Andean Tragedy

Andean Tragedy

Author: William F. Sater

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 080320759X

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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.