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The secret war in El Paso : Mexican revolutionary intrigue, 1906-1920 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harris, Charles H. (Charles Houston)
Other Authors: Sadler, Louis R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920 > Diplomatic history.
United States > Foreign relations > Mexico.
Mexico > Foreign relations > United States.
El Paso (Tex.) > History > 20th century.
Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Mexican-American Border Region > Commerce > History > 20th century.
Smuggling > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The Díaz-Taft meeting
  • The Magonistas
  • Madero's improbable triumph
  • Revolutionary discord
  • Orozco's rebellion
  • Merchants of death
  • Plot and counterplot
  • The constitutionalists
  • Villa ascendant
  • Huerta's defeat
  • Villa versus Carranza
  • Huerta's comeback attempt
  • Aftermath
  • Villa, Columbus, spies
  • The war crisis
  • Gunrunning
  • World War, 1917
  • World War, 1918
  • Exile futility
  • Villa's eclipse
  • The new strongman.