Great River: Mexico and the United StatesA distinguished historian examines the development of the region and surveys the amalgamation of the aboriginal Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American civilizations. |
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Page 588
... Mexico , it was to inflame Santa Anna , supremely forgetful of the last scenes of 1836 , with desires for a punitive war . In Texas there were two parties of sentiment . One was hot for an offensive war against Mexico . The other ...
... Mexico , it was to inflame Santa Anna , supremely forgetful of the last scenes of 1836 , with desires for a punitive war . In Texas there were two parties of sentiment . One was hot for an offensive war against Mexico . The other ...
Page 778
... Mexico City . Mexicans continued to resist elsewhere - Puebla , Huamantla , Atlixco . Santa Anna's government fell , and he was superseded in command of the army . It was not long until all major military resistance ceased , and once ...
... Mexico City . Mexicans continued to resist elsewhere - Puebla , Huamantla , Atlixco . Santa Anna's government fell , and he was superseded in command of the army . It was not long until all major military resistance ceased , and once ...
Page 921
... Mexico grew in volume throughout 1915. The hazards of intervention still seemed to President Wilson greater than the benefits , the injustice of it outweighing any possible material satisfactions . How , he considered , once having ...
... Mexico grew in volume throughout 1915. The hazards of intervention still seemed to President Wilson greater than the benefits , the injustice of it outweighing any possible material satisfactions . How , he considered , once having ...
Contents
A Colony for Mexico | 453 |
A Wild Strain | 460 |
The Twin Sisters | 469 |
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