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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810332503321

Autore

Jones Halbert <1977->

Titolo

The war has brought peace to Mexico : World War II and the consolidation of the post-revolutionary state / / Halbert Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque : , : University of New Mexico Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-8263-5132-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Disciplina

972.08/16

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Mexico

Mexico Politics and government 1910-1946

Mexico Foreign relations 1910-1946

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Avila Camacho's difficult first year: December 1940-December 1941 -- Increasingly tenuous "neutrality": December 1941-May 1942 -- Mexico enters the global conflict: May-June 1942 -- "Orienting" the public: June 1942-July 1943 -- Toward direct participation: July 1943-July 1944 -- Preparing for peacetime: July 1944-November 1945.

Sommario/riassunto

Though the war years in Mexico have attracted less attention than other periods, this book shows how the crisis atmosphere of the early 1940's played an important part in the consolidation of the post-revolutionary regime.