I Die With My Country

Perspectives on the Paraguayan War, 1864-1870

Hendrik Kraay, Thomas L. Whigham

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Year: 2005
• ISBN:
  9780803204409
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

The Paraguayan War (1864–70) was the most extensive and profound interstate war ever fought in South America. It directly involved the four countries of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay and took the lives of hundreds of thousands, combatants and noncombatants alike. While the war still stirs emotions on the southern continent, until today few scholars from outside the region have taken on the daunting task of analyzing the conflict. In this compilation of ten essays, historians from Canada, the United States, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay address its many tragic complexities. Each scholar examines a particular facet of the war, including military mobilization, home-front activities, the war's effects on political culture, war photography, draft resistance, race issues, state formation, and the role of women in the war. The editors' introduction provides a balance to the many perspectives collected here while simultaneously integrating them into a comprehensible whole, thus making the book a compelling read for social historians and military buffs alike.

Table of contents

• Maps and Illustrations
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Economy and Manpower
• 3. Protagonists,Victims, and Heroes
• 4. Patriotic Mobilization in Brazil
• 5. Benjamin Constant
• 6. The ParaguayanWar and Political Culture
• 7. Uruguay and the ParaguayanWar
• 8. Federalism and Opposition to the Paraguayan War in the Argentine Interior
• 9. Images of War
• 10. The ParaguayanWar
• Notes
• Contributors
• Index