...Thomas L. Whigham Andean Tragedy: Fighting the War of the Pacific, 1879 – 1884 . By Sater William F. . Studies in War, Society, and the Military . Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press , 2007 . Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index . ix , 442 pp. Cloth , $60.00...

...Gabriel Jackson The Tragedy of Manuel Azaña and the Fate of the Spanish Republic . By Sedwick Frank . Foreword by de Madariaga Salvador . Columbus , 1964 . The Ohio State University Press . Illustrations. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvii , 295 . $6.25...

...Irving A. Leonard The Spanish Tragedy, 1930-1936: Dictatorship, Republic and Chaos . By Peers E. Allison . ( New York : Oxford University Press , 1936 . Pp. xv , 247 . $2.50 .) Copyright 1937 by Duke University Press 1937 ...

...Rosalie Schwartz Tragedy in Havana: November 17, 1871 . By Domínguez Fermín Valdés . Edited and translated by Stebbins Consuelo E. . Gainesville : University of Florida Press , 2000 . Illustrations. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index . xxi , 224 pp. Cloth , $49.95...

... in formulating irrigation policy today. His central argument—expressed in the comedy and tragedy of the book’s title—contrasts the selfishness and greed of individuals (tragedy) with social action for a mutually beneficial purpose (comedy) and concludes that the social and ethical bases for irrigation...

...Robert J. Alexander A People Crucified: The Tragedy of Bolivia . By Gutiérrez Alberto Ostria . New York , 1958 . The Prestige Book Company . Pp. 224 . Copyright 1958 by Duke University Press 1958 ...

...David M. Pletcher Prelude to Tragedy. The Negotiation and Breakdown of the Tripartite Convention of London, October 31, 1861 . By Bock Carl H. . Philadelphia , 1966 . University of Pennsylvania Press . Footnotes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 799 . $10.00 . Copyright...

...University of Florida The Tragedy of Manuel Azaña and the Fate of the Spanish Republic . By Sedwick Frank . Athens , 1963 . Ohio State University Press . Pp. vi , 295 . $6.25 . Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965 Azaña, the literary man, the scholar and essayist...

...Robert Freeman Smith Cuba. Tragedy in Our Hemisphere . By Zeitlin Maurice and Scheer Robert . New York , 1963 . Grove Press, Inc . Notes. Tables. Appendices . Pp. 316 . Paper. $.95 . Copyright 1965 by Duke University Press 1965 Maurice Zeitlin and Robert Scheer have...

...Harris Gaylord Warren Tragedy of Paraguay . By Phelps Gilbert . New York , 1975 . St. Martins Press . Map. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xvi , 288 . Cloth . Copyright 1976 by Duke University Press 1976 Conceived as a drama in five acts, with an interlude...

...Frederick M. Nunn The Tragedy of Chile . By Alexander Robert J. . Westport, Conn. , 1978 . Greenwood Press . Tables. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index . Pp. xii , 509 . Cloth . $29.95 . Copyright 1979 by Duke University Press 1979 Readers will find much...

...James A. Lewis Sacrificed at the Alamo: Tragedy and Triumph in the Texas Revolution . By Winders Richard Bruce . Military History of Texas Series . Abilene, TX : State House Press , 2004 . Illustrations. Maps. Appendixes. Notes. Index. 167 pp. Cloth , $24.95 . Copyright 2005...

...Kevin Gosner Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy . By Perera Victor . Photographs by Chauche Daniel . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1993 . Photographs. Bibliography. Index . xv , 382 pp. Cloth . $27.00 . Copyright 1995 by Duke University Press...

...Shirley J. Black Maximilien et Charlotte du Mexique: La tragédie de l’ambition . By Castelot André . Paris , 1977 . Librairie Académique Perrin . Illustrations. Map. Bibliography . Pp. 647 . Cloth. Copyright 1980 by Duke University Press 1980 Maximilian and Carlotta...

... a history of the misnamed “peace process” in Colombia from the late 1970s until the early 1990s. His study is a detailed and analytical account of the tragedy of a disintegrating nation, bloodied by guerrillas, the armed forces, right-wing paramilitary death squads, narcoterrorists, and corrupt politicians...

... but probably unavoidable outcome. The book edited by Paul Sweezy is a critique of the Popular Unity government from the left, and Robert Moss’s book is a critique from the right; but the former is of considerably more value than the latter for those who wish to understand the roots of the Chilean tragedy...

...Paul Kelso The reviewer can only guess at why the government created a situation whose outcome was tragedy. Perhaps it was fearful of revolution, angry at the insults to the President, traditionally above direct, personal criticism, and, despite student disclaimers, afraid of student...

...Eugene K. Chamberlin The Spain of their day possessed almost none of the greatness of the earlier era. It was beset by multiple tragedies, sharply depicted in Valle’s critical analyses of the Carlist Wars and the reign of Isabella II. Carlist leaders were Catholic traditionalists dominated...

...Charles D. Ameringer Copyright 1963 by Duke University Press 1963 The story of almost all of the conquistadors is one of tragedy. They endured inhuman suffering and visited it upon their victims, what glory they enjoyed was fleeting, and they usually died violently or forsaken. The tale...

... the sorry outcome will be. The fate of the rebel insurgents who fought for the Dominican Constitution was a tragedy, because they were doomed to failure from the start against the military heirs of the repressive Trujillo regime. After the underdog masses in the capital won the initial battle over...