Guinn Jeff War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion 9781982128869

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Автор: Guinn Jeff
Название: War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion
ISBN: 9781982128869
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
Классификация:

История Америк

История нового времени до 20 века: с 1700 по 1900

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

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ISBN-10: 1982128860
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 368
Вес: 0.54 кг.
Дата издания: 18.05.2021
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 16-page b 3 maps
Размер: 229 x 152 x 33
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: Villa, pershing, the texas rangers, and an american invasion
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Поставляется из: США
Описание: A dramatic account of the Punitive Expedition of 1916 that brought Pancho Villa and Gen. John J. Pershing into conflict, and whose reverberations continue in the Southwestern US to this day.

Jeff Guinn, chronicler of the Southwestern US and of American undesirables (Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson, Jim Jones) tells the riveting story of Pancho Villas bloody raid on a small US border town that sparked a violent conflict with the US. The Punitive Expedition was launched in retaliation under Pershings command and brought together the Army, National Guard, and the Texas Rangers--who were little more than organized vigilantes with a profound dislike of Mexicans on both sides of the border. Opposing this motley military brigade was Villa, a guerrilla fighter who commanded an ever-changing force of conscripts in northern Mexico.

The American expedition was the last action by the legendary African-American Buffalo Soldiers. It was also the first time the Army used automobiles and trucks, which were of limited value in Mexico, a country with no paved roads or gas stations. Curtiss Jenny airplanes did reconnaissance, another first. One era of warfare was coming to a close as another was beginning. But despite some bloody encounters, the Punitive Expedition eventually withdrew without capturing Villa.

Today Anglos and Latinos in Columbus, New Mexico, where Villas raid took place, commemorate those events, but with differing emotions. And although the bloodshed has ended, the US-Mexico border remains as vexed and volatile an issue as ever.

War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion, Guinn Jeff