Documento mecanografiado.

Contenido: Acknowledgements -- Background to 1879 -- The war of the pacific -- The army and the conservatives 1884-1899 -- The army and the southern oligarchy 1884-98 -- The federal revolution 1898-9 -- The liberals in power 1900-1920 -- The tin economy and the state -- Reform of the army -- Growing polital division 1914-20 -- Conclusion. The limits of professionalism -- The return to politics 1920-1931 -- Saavedra -- Siles -- The junta militar de gobierno of 1930 -- The Chaco war -- The politics of command -- The direction of operations -- The war at the front -- Military budget 1879-1928 -- The Chaco war: a Chronological outline.

This thesis is a study of the institutional and political history of the Bolivian army from the beginning of the war of the pacific in 1879 to the end of the Chaco war in 1935.