With ideas and arms

the Brazilian military thought after the Paraguay War

  • Carlos Roberto Carvalho Daróz Historiador militar, escritor e professor, especialista em História Militar, mestre em Operações Militares e mestrando em História do Brasil, professor da Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina e sócio-titular do Instituto de Geografia e História Militar do Brasil.
Keywords: Military thinking, Paraguay War, Imperial Army

Abstract

One throughout history, large-scale conflicts have produced substantial changes and transformations in society and military institutions, acting as vectors for the modification of war technology, strategy, tactics, the art of war and military thinking. The Paraguay War (1864-1870) was the largest conflict ever in South America and forced the Brazilian Empire to transform its small and unprepared army into a large force capable of defeating the Paraguayan forces of Solano López. Besides the transformation occurred in the army and in society, the war promoted a modification in Brazilian military thinking. The aim of this article is to analyze the changes that occurred in the Brazilian Army after the War of Paraguay in the 1880s, through the writings published in Revista do Exército Brasileiro, a periodical created by a group of officers in 1882 as a discussion space of various themes inherent to their functions and other issues of national interest.

Published
2020-06-17
Issue
Vol 13 No 26 (2017): Revista Navigator - Dossiê História marítima, militar e naval do Brasil nos oitocentos: política, sociedade e historiografia
Section
Dossie