Not to offend the brazilian folk we have here, but I think the Duque de Caxias. even though he was a badass, was hellbent to genocide. Therefore, Dom Pedro doesn really fit into neither the reasonable authority figure nor the good king.
The same happens to the Count of Eu: he fits into the Royals Who Actually Do Something: trope, but he was one of the architecs of the genocide. Which leads to another point: judging by the notes, it may appear the 60-75% ratio of casualties into the paraguayan side were by-products of battle, but it was a deliberate policy.
The praise to Caxias , Pedro and Eu are too one sided.
Not to offend the brazilian folk we have here, but I think the Duque de Caxias. even though he was a badass, was hellbent to genocide. Therefore, Dom Pedro doesn really fit into neither the reasonable authority figure nor the good king. The same happens to the Count of Eu: he fits into the Royals Who Actually Do Something: trope, but he was one of the architecs of the genocide. Which leads to another point: judging by the notes, it may appear the 60-75% ratio of casualties into the paraguayan side were by-products of battle, but it was a deliberate policy.
The praise to Caxias , Pedro and Eu are too one sided.
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