On The Far Western Front Britains First World War In South America
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780719080050
Description: This text uncovers a forgotten campaign of the First World War, the fight to dominate South America. It tells how, propelled by the fear of British businessmen, Britain created a complex economic war against local Germans, with the aim of permanently over turning German dominance in lucrative avenues of international trade.