Following Napoleon's installation of his brother as King of Spain, in 20 years of warfare the nations of Spanish America wrested their independence from the mother country and shaped the Americas we know today.The Wars of South American Independence began with confused, scattered uprisings in 1809 and ended with a half-hearted expedition against Mexico in 1829. The South American revolutions heralded Spain's downfall as a world power and marked the first expression of an expansionist foreign policy by the United States of America.This engaging volume - now in e-guide format - traces the military events of the Independence period and sheds new light on the leaders, men, and battles that reshaped the hemisphere.The myriad campaigns, often uncoordinated and occurring thousands of miles apart, are brought together and related to the wider context, in this engaging introduction to a crucial period in the history of the Americas.
Following Napoleon's installation of his brother as King of Spain, in 20 years of warfare the nations of Spanish America wrested their independence from the mother country and shaped the Americas we know today.The Wars of South American Independence began with confused, scattered uprisings in 1809 and ended with a half-hearted expedition against Mexico in 1829. The South American revolutions heralded Spain's downfall as a world power and marked the first expression of an expansionist foreign policy by the United States of America.This engaging volume - now in e-guide format - traces the military events of the Independence period and sheds new light on the leaders, men, and battles that reshaped the hemisphere.The myriad campaigns, often uncoordinated and occurring thousands of miles apart, are brought together and related to the wider context, in this engaging introduction to a crucial period in the history of the Americas.
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