Osprey Men-at-Arms №504. Gabriele Esposito. Armies of the War of the Pacific 1879-1883 Chile, Peru & Bolivia

Osprey Publishing, 2016. — 52 p. — ISBN: 978-1-4728-1407-4.By the 1870s Chilean military superiority and expansionist policies exploded into full scale conflict. This book examines the troops, uniforms and equipment used by the Chilean, Peruvian and Bolivian forces and traces the events of the war from the early naval blockades, through major pitched battles, to the final guerilla campaign in occupied Peru. The war ended in total victory for Chile, and that country's military emergence thereafter as 'the Prussia of South America', while it cost Peru some lucrative provinces, and Bolivia its outlet to the Pacific coast.