
Villa
Soldier of the Mexican Revolution
Robert L. Scheina(Author)
Potomac Books Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. August 2004
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-57488-513-2 (ISBN)
Description
Starting with twenty-eight followers, Francisco Pancho Villa rose out of banditry to become a dynamic strategist who mastered the tactical use of a diverse array of weapons, including modern railroads and cavalry, to contest control of Mexico. In his early days as a brigand, the peasantry idolized him because he often gave them the largesse of his raids on the wealthy haciendas. His military career began in 1910 during the Mexican Revolution, and by the time of his defeat at the Battle of Celaya in 1915 he commanded 15,000 horsemen. Villa could be a generous patron to his loyal followers but a terrifying enemy. He believed that those whom he defeated earned the "privilege" of being executed by his own hand. During the bloodiest months of the Mexican Revolution, he even contended for control of the nation. He could not be intimidated by anyone, including the U.S. Army's Punitive Expedition led by Gen. John J. Pershing, who was sent to capture Villa after his raids into New Mexico during 1916. He died as he lived, violently, the victim of an assassination squad in 1923. Robert Scheina analyzes this complex man and provides a solid overview of Mexico's political history against the fabric of social and cultural turmoil.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dulles
United States
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
277 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57488-513-2 (9781574885132)
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09/2011
Potomac Books Inc
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Person
Robert L. Scheina, Ph.D., has published hundreds of articles and four other books on Latin America, including the comprehensive two-volume study Latin America's Wars (Brassey's, Inc., 2003). He lives in Crofton, Maryland.