The Wars of Independence in Spanish AmericaRowman & Littlefield, 2000 - 325 pages This volume of readings examines the revolutions, civil wars, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, and interventions of this period. Offering a solid perspective on the Independence period, The Wars of Independence is an excellent text for Latin American survey courses and courses focusing on the colonial era. |
Contents
Setting the Scene for an Age of Warfare | 3 |
Popular Insurrection and Royalist Reaction Colombian Regions 18101823 | 43 |
Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in New Spain | 73 |
Jose Nemesio Vazquez An Insurgent Courier 18121816 | 75 |
PoliticalMilitary Regulations That Must Be Observed New Spain 1811 | 87 |
The War of Independence in Guerrero New Spain 18081821 | 93 |
An Update for the Minister of War on the Military Occurrences of the Kingdom of New Spain During the Month of March 1818 | 141 |
The Commencement of the Revolution in Venezuela | 163 |
Aspects of the Civil State of the Cast as of Venezuela That Shall Be the Object of Improvement to Prevent Potential Ills and Unrest 1815 | 179 |
Two Opposing Views of Simon Bolivar | 187 |
Pablo Morillo the War and the Riego Revolt | 213 |
The Guayaquil Conference and Bolivars Relations with Peru 1822 | 243 |
Chaos and the Military Solution The Fall of Royalist Peru | 259 |
A Grave for Europeans? Disease Death and the Spanish American Revolutions | 283 |
The Spanish Army and the Loss of America 18101824 | 299 |
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