Little José Félix Estigarribia was bom of a family that had been rich and powerful in Asuncion for generations. As a boy he wanted to be an agricultural expert, but finally decided on the Army. So brilliant was his work at the Asuncion Military Academy that he won a scholarship in the Chilean Army, later went to Europe where he boned up on French tactics at the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre. Soon after his return to Paraguay, war broke out with Bolivia. For three years he kept winning promotions in the Chaco jungles, rose to General and Commander in Chief...
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