Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Maps
Introduction
I. Themes and hypotheses
II. Book structure
III. A note on sources and terminology
Chapter I: Building up a revolutionary army in Chile, 1808-1814
I. 1808-1810: internal responses to imperial crisis
II. A conflict of politics, a conflict between provinces
III. Revolutionary warfare in Chile
IV. The political legitimization of a revolutionary movement
Chapter II: Political and military counterrevolution in Chile, 1814-1817
I. Mariano Osorio's political and military behaviour
II. Francisco Marcó del Pont: alienating internal inhabitants, facing an external threat
III. Was it possible to re-conquer Chile?
Chapter III: Mendoza: the preparation of a South American army, 1814-1817
I. Chilean émigrés in a foreign territory
II. The Army of the Andes and the militarization of civil society
III. Chileans in the Army of the Andes. Spies, military intelligence and the guerra de zapa
IV. Crossing the Cordillera
Chapter IV: The establishment of a military regime in Chile, 1817-1823
I. Ruling over an unruly population
II. Maipú: battle for territorial dominance
III. Irregular warfare in the south of Chile
IV. The personalization of politics
Chapter V: Becoming a Chilean army. The Ejército Libertador del Perú, 1818-1823
I. The organization of the Ejército Libertador del Perú and the first Chilean navy
II. Lima: royalist stronghold
III. Internal conflicts, external consequences
IV. Becoming a Chilean army
Chapter VI: The political role of the military in the making of the Chilean republic, 1822-1826
I. The revival of Concepción and the Army of the South
II. The political role of the military in the 1820s. The case of Francisco Antonio Pinto
III. Politicizing the army in the Chilean Congress
IV. Chiloé: capitulation of revolutionary warfare
Conclusion
References
Index
