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Andean Tragedy
| Author | : William F. Sater |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 457 |
| Release | : 2007-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 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.
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