 | Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 Subjects: War of the Pacific 1879–1884; Chile -- History Military -- 19th century; Bolivia -- History Military -- 19th century; Peru -- History Military -- 19th century; 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 ChileOCOs and PeruOCOs armored warships vying for control of sea lanes and included one of the first examples of the use of naval torpedoes." William F. Sater is an emeritus professor of history at California State University-Long Beach. He is the coauthor of The Grand Illusion: The Prussianization of The Chilean Army (Nebraska 1999) and of A History of Chile, 1802-2002, second edition. |
