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DESCRIPTION OF THE BOOKThis study of the life of Víctor Paz Estenssoro is divided into two parts: the first half of the book consists of a biography of Paz up to his death in 2001; the second half, in the Appendix, is his autobiography up to 1973 in the form of Paz's own narrative presented here as a transcribed text of 12 hours of tape-recorded interviews conducted by Dr. Holtey in that year in La Paz, Bolivia. This new narrative by Paz relates major facts about his ancestry and events in his life up to July 1973.The biographical portion of the present study by the historian Joseph C. Holtey PhD is an analysis of the politically significant events that occurred during the life and times of...
Julius Holthaus, a humble American farm boy, went to France to help fill the depleted ranks of the Allies in America's largest battle of World War I, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He had no idea what he was getting into. The fight would involve more than a million American doughboys, span forty-seven days, and result in the deaths of tens of thousands of people in one of the bloodiest battle in American military history. Countless books focus on great military leaders, war heroes, and battle tactics, but one must look at war on a human scale to truly understand its toll. That understanding comes through examining the life and diary of Holthaus. Author Clyde Cremer explores them in detail, sup...
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