Rabinovich, Alejandro (2013). Ser soldado en las guerras de independencia. La experiencia cotidiana de la tropa en el Río de la Plata, 1810-1824. Buenos Aires, Ed. Sudamericana, Colección Nudos de la historia argentina, 217 pages

Abstract

Rabinovich’s Being a soldier in the wars of independence is an invitation to discover the lives of the officers and soldiers who fought in the River Plate’s line infantry during the Argentinean War of Independence. The work is aimed at a wide readership among those interested in understanding the military and political challenges of the United Provinces independence movement in the early decades of the 19th century. It focuses on the experience of war, as told by some of its protagonists, and...