Name: the general and the jaguar,pershing´s hunt for pancho villa: a true story of revolution and revenge
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Author: Welsome, Eileen
ISBN: 9780803222243

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the general and the jaguar,pershing´s hunt for pancho villa: a true story of revolution and revenge

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Physical Book

Author

Eileen Welsome

Publisher

Bison

Language

English

Pages

403

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.7 x 15.5 x 2.2 cm

Weight

0.58 kg.

ISBN

0803222246

ISBN13

9780803222243

Synopsis "the general and the jaguar,pershing´s hunt for pancho villa: a true story of revolution and revenge"

On the cold, dark night of March 9, 1916, Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa-el jaguar-and his band of marauders crossed the border and raided the tiny town of Columbus, New Mexico. It was a vicious surprise attack, ending with corpses piled in the streets and psychological wounds that would last a lifetime. Suspects were rounded up, trials were held, and a virulent backlash against persons of Mexican origin erupted. General John "Black Jack" Pershing was told to assemble a small army, head into Mexico, and get Villa, dead or alive. The last hurrah for the U.S. cavalry, the "Punitive Expedition" marked America's first use of armored tanks, airplanes, and trucks against an enemy. One of the deputies Pershing would choose was a recent West Point graduate named George Patton. The expedition brought the United States and Mexico to the brink of war, but it also restored greatness to both prey and predator. More than a classic account of the war for control of the West, The General and the Jaguar is a brilliant chronicle of obsession and revenge and a dual portrait of John Pershing and Pancho Villa, two of the greatest military minds of all time. Eileen Welsome is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Her first book, The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War, was the recipient of two PEN awards.

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