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The Chaco War
Bruce W. Farcau
其他書名
Bolivia and Paraguay, 1932-1935
出版
Bloomsbury Academic
, 1996-05-23
主題
History / Military / General
ISBN
0275952185
9780275952181
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gz57AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Nearly 100,000 men died during the course of the tragic three-year war between two of the world's poorest nations, Bolivia and Paraguay, in the 1930s. The Chaco War was fought over a worthless stretch of desert scrubland for the pride of political leaders and the ambition of a few military officers. While thousands of illiterate, barefoot, undernourished peasant soldiers fought and died with incredible bravery, their commanders and national leaders fussed and fumed over imagined slights and avoided the peace which was so easily within their reach. The Bolivian military, in particular, performed abysmally. Few wars have been as unnecessary or as costly as the Chaco War.