The Plan de San Diego : Tejano rebellion, Mexican intrigue / Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Charles H. (Charles Houston)

Contributor:

Sadler, Louis R.

Series:

Mexican experience

The Mexican experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plan de San Diego.

Revolutions--Texas--History--20th century.

Revolutions.

Subversive activities--Texas--History--20th century.

Subversive activities.

Relations.

Mexican Americans.

History.

Social aspects.

Diplomatic history.

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920--Diplomatic history.

Mexico.

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920--Social aspects.

Mexican Americans--Texas--History--20th century.

Texas--Relations--Mexico.

Texas.

Mexico--Relations--Texas.

Texas--History--1846-1950.

Physical Description:

xvi, 338 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]

Summary:

The Plan of San Diego, a rebellion proposed in 1915 to overthrow the U.S. government in the Southwest and establish a Hispanic republic in its stead, remains one of the most tantalizing documents of the Mexican Revolution. The plan called for an insurrection of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and African Americans in support of the Mexican Revolution and the waging of a genocidal war against Anglos. The resulting violence approached a race war and has usually been portrayed as a Hispanic struggle for liberation brutally crushed by the Texas Rangers, among others. The Plan de San Diego: Tejano Rebellion, Mexican Intrigue, based on newly available archival documents, is a revisionist interpretation focusing on both south Texas and Mexico. Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler argue convincingly that the insurrection in Texas was made possible by support from Mexico when it suited the regime of President Venustiano Carranza, who co-opted and manipulated the plan and its supporters for his own political and diplomatic purposes in support of the Mexican Revolution. The study examines the papers of Augustín Garza, a leading promoter of the plan, as well as recently released and hitherto unexamined archival material from the Federal Bureau of Investigation documenting the day-to-day events of the conflict. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Plan de San Diego 1

2 The Plan Surfaces 6

3 The Magonistas 21

4 The Mexican Connection 26

5 The "Bandit War" Begins 33

6 The "Bandit War" Intensifies 49

7 The "Bandit War" Peaks 72

8 The "Bandit War" Winds Down 84

9 The Plan de San Diego Collapses 102

10 Intelligence Gathering 112

11 The Plan de San Diego, Phase Two 117

12 An Improbable Operation 130

13 The Morín Affair 140

14 The Bureau Investigates 156

15 New Raids 167

16 The War Crisis 181

17 Aftermath 199

18 Informants 205

19 Further Investigation 214

20 Later Careers 224

21 A Question of Numbers 243

22 Some Interesting Interpretations 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780803264779

0803264771

OCLC:

815824899