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Electronic book. |
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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 |
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"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. |
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Electronic reproduction. New York Simon & Schuster 2021 Available via World Wide Web. |
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Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.
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Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923.
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United States. Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916.
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Texas Rangers -- History -- 20th century.
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Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century.
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Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920.
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Electronic books.
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eBook.
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OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781982128883 ODE (electronic bk.) |
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