Title U. S. Army on the Mexican border : a historical perspective / Celio Broggini, editor

Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2010]

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Description 1 online resource Series Defense, security and strategy series Defense, security and strategy series. Contents U.S. ARMY ON THE MEXICAN BORDER: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; U.S. ARMY ON THE MEXICAN BORDER: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; BORDER SECURITY AND MILITARY SUPPORT: LEGAL AUTHORIZATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS; SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; MILITARY ASSISTANCE ALONG THE BORDER; Restrictions; Authorizations; THE NATIONAL GUARD; State Drug Plan; Other Duty; Homeland Defense Activity; End Notes; THE US ARMY ON THE MEXICAN BORDER: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. SETTING THE STAGE: THE ARMY OF OBSERVATION AND ARMY OF OCCUPATION ON THE MEXICAN BORDER, 1845-46; The Texas Revolution The Army of ObservationThe US Army of Occupation; Taylor's March to the Rio Grande; 2. THE US ARMY AND MEXICAN BORDER SECURITY, 1850-61; Border Geography; Deployment of US Army Forces on the Mexican Border; Captain James H. Callahan and the Burning of Piedras Negras; Cortina's War; SUMMARY; 3. THE US ARMY AND MEXICAN BORDER SECURITY, 1865-1910; Major General Sheridan and Napoleon III on the Rio Grande; Deployment of Army Forces on the Mexican Border, 1870-86; Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie's Raid; Brigadier General Edward Ord, William R. "Pecos Bill" Shafter, and Porfirio Diaz; SUMMARY 4. THE US ARMY AND MEXICAN BORDER SECURITY, 1911-17Diaz; Huerta, Carranza, Villa, and Zapata; Deployment of US Army Forces on the Mexican Border; Major General Frederick Funston and the Plan of San Diego; Pershing's Expedition and the Return of the Plan of San Diego Plotters; SUMMARY; 5. THE US ARMY AND MEXICAN BORDER SECURITY, 1919-PRESENT; Deployment of US Army Forces on the Mexican Border and the Battle of Juarez, 1919; Immigration Issues and Operation WETBACK; The US Army and Mexican Border Security, 1982-2005; CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Published Articles; Unpublished Article; Books Internet SourcesNewspapers; Microfilm; Official Reports; Fact Sheet; Reports; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; End Notes; INDEX Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on print version record Subject United States. Army -- History. SUBJECT United States. Army fast Subject Geopolitics -- United States -- History Geopolitics -- Mexico -- History Intervention (International law) National security -- United States -- History Border patrols -- United States HISTORY. Border patrols Geopolitics Diplomatic relations Intervention (International law) National security SUBJECT Mexican-American Border Region -- History, Military Mexican-American Border Region -- History United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States Subject Mexico North America -- Mexican-American Border Region United States Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book Author Broggini, Celio, editor LC no. 2020679504 ISBN 9781616686475 1616686472

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