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Author:

Guinn, Jeff, author.

Title:

War on the border : Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American invasion / Jeff Guinn.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

ix, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Pershing, John J.--(John Joseph),--1860-1948.
Villa, Pancho,--1878-1923.
Pershing, John J.--(John Joseph),--1860-1948.
Villa, Pancho,--1878-1923.
United States.--Army--History--Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916.
Texas Rangers--History--20th century.
Texas Rangers.
United States.--Army.
1900-1999
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY / Military / United States.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Mexican-American Border Region--History--20th century.
Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.
Mexico.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Columbus, New Mexico, March 8-9,1916 -- Mexico and America -- Border fences and revolution -- The American puppeteer -- "I do not know what to make of Mexico." -- Film crews and the refugees nobody wanted -- Veracruz -- Carranza and Villa collide -- The Plan de San Diego -- The Texas Rangers and their bandit war -- Wilson chooses Carranza -- Santa Ysabel and the El Paso riots -- Columbus -- The raid -- "The most serious situation" -- Elusive prey -- "Responsibility for the consequences" -- Carrizal -- The return of Villa -- Withdrawal -- Germany makes its move -- The Rangers go too far -- Showdown at Nogales -- Villa's last attack -- Afterward.

Summary:

"From bestselling author Jeff Guinn, the dramatic story of how U.S.-Mexico border tensions erupted into open warfare in 1916, as a U.S. military expedition crossed the border to try to capture Mexican guerrilla Pancho Villa -- a military incursion whose effects still haunt the border region to this day"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1982128879
9781982128876
1982128860
9781982128869

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1201298943

LCCN:

2020049279

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