title: Wars of Latin America, 1948-1982: The Rise of the Guerrillas
author: Ren De La Pedraja
description: "Highly recommended"--<i>Choice</i>; "a useful work for anyone interested in the history of Latin America"--<i>The NYMAS Review</i>; "a useful work for anyone interested in the history of Latin America"--<i>Strategy Page</i>; "a comprehensive account of armed conflicts that ravaged Latin America...high educational value...remarkable...extremely useful...well researched"--<i>Iberoamericana</i>.
zlib_text: To Paul V. Walsh, a military historian whose encouragement and extensive research on my behalf has
  been invaluable to me over many years.
  
  CONTENTS
  INTRODUCTION
  CENTRAL AMERICA, 1900–1911
  • The armies
  • Foreign soldiers of fortune
  MEXICO, 1920–1939
  • The Mexican Federal Army
  • Federal Army rebellions, 1920–1929
  • The Yaqui Rebellion, 1926–1927
  • The Cristero Rebellion, 1927–1929
  • The Cedillo Rebellion, 1938–1939
  CENTRAL AMERICA, 1921–1933
  • Costa Rica & Panama: the Coto War, 1921
  • Nicaragua: the Sandino Rebellion, 1927–1933
  BRAZIL, 1922–1932
  • The Brazilian Federal Army
  • Army rebellions, 1922–1927
  • The 1930 Revolution
  • The 1932 São Paulo Revolution
  OTHER CONFLICTS, 1932–1941
  • Peru & Colombia: the Leticia Incident, 1932–1933
  • Cuba: the 1933 Revolution
  
  • Peru & Ecuador: the Zarumilla War, 1941
  PLATE COMMENTARIES
  • Uniforms and equipment, 1900–1941
  
  INTRODUCTION
  Latin America in the first half of the 20th century was a region largely ignored by the European
  powers, with only the U