Mexico fired a financial shot over the border yesterday, announcing it planned to impose tariffs on 90 american products as payback for washingtons move to put the brakes on a. The mexicanamerican war was the first major conflict continue reading the mexicanamerican war was the first major conflict driven by the idea of manifest destiny. The coming of war is seen as unavoidable, given american expansion and mexican resistance to loss of territory, compounded by the fact that neither side understood the other. John, an associate professor of history at uc davis and author of line in the sand. Given that every single book in the other answers is written by american authors, i am going to recommend two mexican sources. Books you can read about the usmexico border instead of. The mexican front in the great war the sequel to in plain sight, with sommerfeld directing german war strategy towards mexico the german government decided in the fall of 1914 to corner the u. Mexicos potential weapons if trump declares war on nafta. Border war is a timely thriller about the struggles of us law enforcement officers on the mexican border by tv broadcaster lou dobbs.
The war lasted about two years in total and resulted in a victory for the americans, who benefited greatly from the generous terms of the peace treaty following the war. You can help stop the violence in mexico and protect americans by going to the previous link. This book addresses the three central issues that continue to dominate the u. Inside mexico s criminal insurgency, he takes a wider lens to the problem of drugs cartels south of the united states border. The americans believed their nation should extend to the pacific.
Dan slater s book highlights the ongoing border war and drug smuggling that spread across news outlets like a pestilence over the last decade. Mexico center director tony payans new book explores what he calls the three u. From 1846 to 1848, the united states of america and mexico fought the mexicanamerican war. This wall would be about 2,000 miles long, extending from tijuana to brownsville, and, according to trump, be paid for by mexico. The bandit war in texas was part of the border war. Mexico border is 1,900 miles of perplexing beauty that has proven to be an enigma for americans and mexicans alike. Nor does he mention anything about the tens of thousands of americans who live in mexico. The border is a tough place to work, especially for fbi agent tom eriksen.
A new border wall will only undermine these efforts, to the benefit of the criminal groups that have fueled much of the distrust along both sides of the border. A vivid dissection of the calamitous usmexico war on drugs is illuminating and horrifying hugh oshaughnessy sat 6 nov 2010 20. Intending profound social reform, the rebellions leaders declared from the onset that their struggle would be incomplete, even meaningless, if it were merely a political event. Much has been written about the mexican war, but this. New border war erupts with mexico cartel rift world news. As the united states response to the attacks of septemb. The occupation of mexico may 1846july 1848 the mexican war altered the united states and its history. Mexico border host michel martin talks with morning editions steve inskeep about his borderland series, a reporting road trip along the u. New york units at the mexican border, 19161917 nys. According to a book excerpt, president trump shouted at staff during a march. The mexican revolution ralph peters recommended reading. A novel of the mexican war by jeff shaara, the training ground. List of books and articles about mexican war online. The mexicanamerican war 18461848 was a brutal conflict between neighbors largely sparked by the us annexation of texas and their desire to take western lands such as california away from mexico.
With a history of violence, he cannot afford any onduty screwups. This border city and others near the eastern end of the u. The border between the united states and mexico stretches approximately 2,000 miles 3,220 kilometers from the southern border of texas to california. Civil war during the civil war from 1861 to 1865, noncitizens made up as much as 20 percent of the 1. The january 2011 edition of armchair general magazine has a cover story by renowned analyst ralph peters titled long live death. The best books about the united states and mexico border romeo rosales may 6, 2018 the u. Mexican recognition of texas and the mexican cession as u. Perhaps some of the architects of the iraq war read my beloved muhammad khudayyir, although i hope they never had anything so beautiful in. What are some good books about the south african border. Tony payans book is an excellent primer on the myriad policy issues facing the.
Publication date 2006 title variation three united statesmexico border wars isbn 027598818x alk. Mexico border from its creation at the end of the mexicanamerican war in. The book is available for purchase here through praeger security international. What book is a good history of the socalled mexican. Mexicos wars for independence were not fought to achieve political independence. Mexican war, 184648, armed conflict between the united states and mexico. The autobiography of a mexican assassin by molly molloy, prayers for the stolen by jennifer clement, the fi. Aura xilonen published the gringo champion which is based on. His plan would have many monetary, political and logistical hurdles to overcome, but even if. Customs and border protection detention center for undocumented immigrants sits idle on march 15, 2017 next to the u. Now for the much darker side of the border in recent years. Causes while the immediate cause of the war was the u. Border war is a timely thriller about the struggles of us law enforcement officers on the mexican border by tv broadcaster lou dobbs the border is a tough place to work, especially for fbi agent tom eriksen. The mexican border war, or the border campaign, refers to the military engagements which took place in the mexico united states border region of north america during the mexican revolution.
Drug dollars, killing fields, and the new politics of latin america by ioan grillo. The mexican revolution ralph peters recommended reading list by ralph peters. He also decides he is going to figure out how people cross the border illegally by sitting in a park all night drinking energy drinks. The war in mexico includes descriptions of all the major campaigns and many minor ones, battlefield maps. Authorities on both sides of the border once showed unbridled faith in.
Elements of the th cavalry repulsed the attack, but there were 24 american casualties. The article published tuesday was adapted from border wars. Two american teenagers and mexicos most dangerous drug cartel by dan slater. From the beginning of the mexican revolution in 1910, the united states army was stationed in force along the border and on several occasions fought with. Paul kan is professor of national security studies and author of the books cartels at war and drug trafficking and international security. The mexicanamerican war of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the u. Mexico border fence on the outskirts of nogales, mexico. Border war is an excellent read, a complex story full of great characters and told with a pitchperfect voice and pace.
Congdons first person account of his service on the border. The mexican revolution and tejano communities university of houston series in mexican american studies, sponsored by the center for mexican american studies paperback january, 2012. Like many people, i have been following the obama administrations preparation for the renewed debate on immigration reform in congress, a debate. The war was characterized by a backlash against the active student movement of the late 1960s which ended in the tlatelolco massacre at a 1968 student rally in mexico city, in which 30 to 300 according to official reports. Border wall book details turbulent week of donald trumps directives. While the story is complete in itself, dobbs and born leave the door open for a sequel or more at its conclusion, which, in this case, is the best possible ending of all.
On the front line of the south african border war gavin manning sold out imagine the most tenacious and skilled soldiers in the business fighting in the most brutal of bush wars, gavin manning was there, from 1982 88, on the border of northern namibia and southern angola right in the thick of it. Mexico border is wellknown throughout most of the modern world. There were many causes of the war, but the biggest reasons were mexicos lingering resentment over the loss of texas and the americans desire for mexicos western lands, such as california and new mexico. Leading personalities, civilian and military, mexican and american, are given incisive and fair evaluations. Mexico border stretches from where the waves of the gulf of. As an online bonus, he provided acg with a list of 10 books that will increase readers. The mexican view was that the border between texas and mexico proper was the nueces river, about 35 miles north of the rio grande where it enters the gulf of mexico. Focusing on the desert border to the west of the rio grande, this book. I set saint death in mexico, as close to the us border as is possible, for all these reasons, and i chose one of the places where what already exists of the infamous wall simply stops.
The best books about the united states and mexico border. United states took ownership of california and a large area comprising roughly half of new mexico, most of arizona, nevada, and utah, and parts of wyoming and colorado. New york division, national guard, war record detailed account of the new york units on the mexican border in 1916. An increasing number of border incidents early in 1916 culminated in an invasion of american territory on 8 march, when francisco pancho villa and his band of 500 to 1,000 men raided columbus, new mexico. Cummins heavily promoted new novel about mexicanamerican immigration. Essential reading for those wanting to understand the role of the recces special forces in the south african border war.
Army won a series of decisive battles, captured nearly half of mexicos territory, and nearly doubled the territories of the united states. Unlike their neighbors to the north, mexicos revolutionaries aimed to overhaul their society. Patricks battalion because they related more to the mexican catholics they initially were fighting. Europe, the united states, and the mexican revolution university of chicago press, isbn 9780226425887 katz, friedrich 1998. Congdon and the 23rd infantry along the mexican border, a paper by bryan mcgrath, b. Border patrol nation, for the open media series of city lights books.
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