The Ten Cents War: Chile, Peru, and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific, 1879-1884 - Bruce W. Farcau - Google Books

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The Atacama Desert, a coastal area where the borders of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia meet, was a region of little interest in the late nineteenth century until European research on the use of nitrates in fertilizers and explosives rendered the droppings of…