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Pancho Villa and Black Jack Pershing : the Punitive Expedition in Mexico /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurst, James W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > History > Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916.
Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Pershing, John J. > (John Joseph), > 1860-1948.
Villa, Pancho, > 1878-1923.
Table of Contents:
  • Dénouement, defeat, and the march to Columbus
  • Francisco's folly : the attack on Columbus, New Mexico
  • American reaction to Villa's raid
  • The intelligence section and an assassination plot
  • Scraps, fights, and skirmishes
  • The fight at Carrizal
  • Entering the doldrums : idleness, frustration, and withdrawal
  • Wings and wheels : reconnaissance, observation, and transportation
  • Logistics and the base of supply
  • Myth, legend, and reality.