English-language reading on South American battleships

What English-language books provide a useful start on South American battleships?

The Osprey South American Battleships 1908-1959 is an accessible start, while Jonathan Grant's Rulers, Guns, and Money and Percy Allen Martin's Latin America and War provide wider context.

The Osprey volume South American Battleships 1908-1959 is offered as the easiest starting point for the ships themselves. A 1984 reference on the armed forces of Latin America provides broader institutional coverage. Jonathan Grant's Rulers, Guns, and Money expands the subject into the global arms trade during the age of imperialism. Percy Allen Martin's Latin America and War supplies older historical context but is described as difficult to find. Translations of Brazilian naval works may also improve the English-language literature.