Simón Bolívar's quest for glory / / Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond
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| Autore: |
Slatta Richard W. <1947->
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| Titolo: |
Simón Bolívar's quest for glory / / Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond
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| Pubblicazione: | College Station [Texas], : Texas A&M University Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 980/.02/092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Heads of state - South America |
| Soggetto geografico: | South America History Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 |
| Altri autori: |
De GrummondJane Lucas <1905->
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-333) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The education of a liberator -- Introduction : Bolívar and Washington -- A young man seeks his destiny, 1783-1806 -- Stirrings of independence, 1807-10 -- Struggling for independence -- Disasters for the foolish Fatherland, 1811-12 -- Victories from Mompox to Araure, 1812-13 -- Spain's reconquest of its colonies -- Boves and royalist resurgence, 1814-15 -- Regrouping in Jamaica, 1815-16 -- From optimism at Aux Cayes to disaster at Ocumare, 1816 -- Frustration from Jacmel to Guayana, 1816-17 -- |
| Patriot resurgence, Spanish collapse -- From frustration on the llanos to victory at Boyac, 1818-19 -- Armistice : joining with San Martín to turn the tide, 1820-21 -- Delirium over Manuela and Chimborazo, 1822 -- Final triumph in Peru, 1823-25 -- Political failure to postmortem glory -- Trying to hold Gran Colombia together, 1825-28 -- Political decline and death, 1828-30 -- From demagogue to demigod. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Simón Bolívar, who fought to free South America from Spanish rule from 1810 to 1826, was one of the most influential figures in Latin American history. His life contained all the makings of an epic war hero: repeated comebacks from defeat, flashes of military genius, a near-manic quest for glory, and fall from political grace. Here, the authors bring forth his story and show how it set the political pattern for the next century. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Simón Bolívar's quest for glory |
| ISBN: | 1-299-05371-8 |
| 1-60344-729-6 | |
| 1-58544-889-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822921303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Texas A & M University military history series ; ; 86.