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Informationen zum Autor Leslie B. Rout, Jr. (1935–1987) was not only a historian, teaching for many years at Michigan State University, but also a jazz musician. He became interested in the Chaco War and its subsequent settlement while traveling in Latin America as a member of a United States government-sponsored musical group. Informed that unpublished documents could be made available, Rout returned to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Bolivia in 1965 to prepare this study. Klappentext After three years of indecisive but bloody war, guns lay silent in the Chaco Boreal in June 1935. Fifty years of bickering between Bolivia, a landlocked country seeking a river exit to the sea, and Paraguay, a land-hungry country seeking territorial aggrandizement and supposed mineral wealth, had culminated in open warfare in June 1932. By 1935 the antagonists, near exhaustion, finally agreed to discuss their differences.Leslie B. Rout, Jr., examines three facets of the dispute and the inter-American peace conference that settled it. He analyzes the futile diplomatic efforts to prevent the outbreak of hostilities, discusses the diplomatic initiatives that culminated in the June cease-fire, and describes the frustrating but ultimately successful diplomatic struggle that produced a definitive settlement.By enumerating the problems and progress of the peace conference, Rout demonstrates that, despite occasions of open diplomacy, it was through secret negotiation that agreement was finally attained. He concludes that, although the negotiators betrayed unabashed cynicism, violated stated Pan-American ideals, and disregarded the "troublesome" terms of the June 1935 cease-fire, they deserve praise.Had the mediators failed to produce a viable solution in July 1938, the peace conference would have collapsed, renewed warfare would have resulted-and the neighboring powers inevitably would have become involved. Given this potential catastrophe, the mediators had to solve the diplomatic problems by the means available. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Preliminary Diplomatic Maneuvers 1. Root of the Conflict 2. The Road to War 3. The American States and the Conduct of the War 4. The Search for Peace Part II. The Conference of Peace in Action 5. Problems of Disarmament, War Responsibilities, and Prisoners 6. The Petroleum and Security Questions 7. The Territorial Question 8. The Peace Conference and Inter-American Diplomacy Appendix I: Bolivia and the Origins of the Chaco Combat of June 1932 Appendix II: Protocol of June 12, 1935 Appendix III: Diplomatic and Military Personnel Appendix IV: Protocolized Act, January 21, 1936 Appendix V: Repatriation of Bolivian and Paraguayan Prisoners Appendix VI: Petroleum Exploration in Paraguay and Bolivia, 1938–1970 Appendix VII: Confidential Agreement, July 9, 1938 Appendix VIII: Treaty of Peace, Friendship, and Limits between the Republics of Bolivia and Paraguay Bibliography Index ...
