Araguaia War Volume 2 - Counterinsurgency Operations Against the Communist Guerilla in Brazil, 1967-1974. Counterinsurgency and Legacy: The Struggle for Control in Araguaia

The Guerrilha do Araguaia (Araguaia Guerrilla) was an armed conflict that took place in Brazil between 1967 and 1974 in the Araguaia River basin, spanning the states of Maranhão, Pará, and Goiás, deep in the Amazon region in an area known as Bico do Papagaio ('Parrot's Beak').

About the author

Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia was born in Asunción, Paraguay on 14th May 1960. He graduated from the Catholic University of Asunción where he got a B.A. in Clinical Psychology. He also took specialized English courses at Tulane University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and San Diego State University in California. He is at present an English Teacher and one of the Academic Coordinators at the Centro Cultural Paraguayo-Americano (CCPA), a binational institute in Asunción. Married with two children, he resides in the capital. In his function as an aviation historian, Sapienza became a founding member of the Instituto Paraguayo de Historia Aeronáutica "Silvio Pettirossi", and wrote more than 500 related articles for specialized press around the world. Sapienza has received five decorations for his academic merits, and published eleven books.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Luis Sapienza
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781804517888
• ISBN: 978-1-80451-788-8
• No. of pages: 60
• Dimensions: 296 mm x 209 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 250 g
• Illustrations: 158 b/w photos, 16 colour photos, 18 colour profiles, 1 colour map, 1 b/w map, 5 tables
• Series: Latin America@War
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989)