I wrote: > > Richard Baker wrote: > >> (...) How bad was the collapse of Paraguay >> during the War of the Triple Alliance - is it >> true that over half the >> population died? (Of course, that was during a war.) > > Yes and no. The numbers I have read - many times - was that > _ninety_ percent of the male adult population died. But they were > all combatants, even the 15 year old kids and the 70 year old > veterans. > Yesterday night, after I sent that, I did a small Web Search, and it seems that those numbers were overestimated. Something from 10% to 30% of the male population might be a better estimation. It's still horrible, but not a Pol-Pot level genocide Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
