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Author Hintze, Paul von, 1864-1941, author.

Title Murder and counterrevolution in Mexico : the eyewitness account of German Ambassador Paul von Hintze, 1912-1914 / edited and with an introduction by Friedrich E. Schuler
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 281 pages)
Series The Mexican experience
Mexican experience.
Contents An eyewitness learns about revolutionary Mexico : transnational impressions -- The path to Madero's assassination : an hour-by-hour account -- Getting to know the dictator : Victoriano Huerta governs -- Toppling the mad tyrant : a day-by-day account of an ordeal -- Whisking Huerta into European exile : bad guys don't always die
Summary "Admiral Paul von Hintze arrived in Mexico in the spring of 1911, to serve as Germany's ambassador to a country in a state of revolution. Germany's emperor Wilhelm II had selected Hintze as his personal eyes and ears in Mexico (and concomitantly the neighboring United States) during the portentous years leading up to the First World War. The ambassador benefited from a network of informers throughout Mexico and was closely involved in the country's political and diplomatic machinations as the violent revolution played out. "Murder and Counterrevolution in Mexico" presents Hintze's eyewitness accounts of these turbulent years. Hintze's diary, telegrams, letters, and other records, translated, edited, and annotated by Friedrich E. Schuler, offer detailed insight into Victoriano Huerta's overthrow and assassination of Francisco Madero and Huerta's ensuing dictatorship and chronicle the U.S.-supported resistance. Showcasing the political relationship between Germany and Mexico, Hintze's suspenseful, often daily diary entries provide new insight into the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution, including U.S. diplomatic maneuvers and subterfuge, as well as an intriguing backstory to the infamous 1917 Zimmermann Telegram, which precipitated U.S. entry into World War I."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 273) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hintze, Paul von, 1864-1941 -- Diaries
SUBJECT Hintze, Paul von, 1864-1941 fast
Hintze, Paul von 1864-1941 gnd
Subject Ambassadors -- Germany -- Biography
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Ambassadors
Mexikanische Revolution
SUBJECT Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Personal narratives, German
Subject Germany
Mexico
Mexiko
Deutschland
Genre/Form Personal narratives
Biographies
Diaries
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Schuler, Friedrich Engelbert, 1960-
ISBN 9781496206039
1496206037