What is it about?
Shows how much we still don't know about the Chaco War. Looks at how the Bolivian state mobilized for war. Argues that indigenous people were not overrepresented on the front lines.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
Argues that the Bolivian state was surprisingly effective in mobilizing for the Chaco War. Argues that the Bolivian army was more representative of the country as a whole than previously thought.
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Mobilizing Manpower for War: Toward a New History of Bolivia's Chaco Conflict, 1932-1935, Hispanic American Historical Review, January 2015, Duke University Press,
DOI: 10.1215/00182168-2870800.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
