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Simon Bolivar's quest for glory / Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slatta, Richard W., 1947-
- Series:
- Texas A & M University military history series ; 86.
- Texas A & M University military history series ; no. 86
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heads of state--South America--Biography.
- Heads of state.
- South America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
- South America.
- Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830.
- Bolívar, Simón.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (365 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- The education of a liberator
- Introduction : Bolivar 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 Martin 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-333) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-05371-8
- 1-60344-729-6
- 1-58544-889-3
- OCLC:
- 54093073
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