Intervention!: The United States and the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917 (Paperback)

by John S. D. Eisenhower (Author) "Ricardo Romero was feeling decidedly uneasy..." (more)
Key Phrases: provisional president, second coup, United States, Mexico City, First Chief (more...)

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Amazon.com Review
This history of the United States's meddling in Mexican affairs features a cast of characters who don't make either side look very good. President Woodrow Wilson regularly misapprehends the situation to his south, prompting two violations of Mexican sovereignty: a naval occupation of Veracruz and an aggressive search by the American military for the bandit Pancho Villa, who raided a town in New Mexico. The Mexican politicians were hardly exemplars of democratic enlightenment, but the American response to their shenanigans sparked an enormous amount of national indignation in Mexico that still hasn't entirely vanished. Brigadier General John J. Pershing, the man charged with hunting down Villa, comes across as an upright soldier and one of the book's few noble figures; he's the central character in Eisenhower's most entertaining section.

From Publishers Weekly
Retired brigadier general Eisenhower describes U.S. involvement in the Mexican Revolution and Wilson's confrontations with junta leader Victoriano Huerta and legendary bandit Pancho Villa.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.; 2nd Pntg edition (July 17, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393313182
• ISBN-13: 978-0393313185
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #539,638 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Non-biased view points of both sides of the border, March 8, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

The author has done a good job in presenting the facts and history leading up to the American intervention into Mexican affairs during the early part of this (20th) century. This book details the American air of superiority as well as Pancho Villa's reason's for raiding Columbus, NM. This is a great book for anyone interested in that period of Mexican-American history

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pancho and Pershing, June 21, 2001

By	Robert S. Clay Jr. (St. Louis, MO., USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Tough as nails history that tells of Mexico during the years of revolution and civil war. Pancho Villa and John "Blackjack" Pershing's punitive expedition is the focal point of the book. The author explains that bungling interventions in Mexico by American politicians didn't alter the fact that Mexicans ultimately determined their own governement. The book is a good introduction to a subject that may be obscure to many American readers, especially 85 years later. Eisenhower does well fleshing out details in the text, in several appendices, and thorough notations. Only a fellow named "Eisenhower" can give one this powerful insider perspective of military and political history. Recommended for multiple reading and further study. ;-)

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview for the non specialist., March 13, 1997

By A Customer

This book is an excellent sythesis of the latest research and writings of the specialists in the field of US Mexican relations. It is just enough for the non specialist to enjoy and frankly, for a specialist such as myself in this period, I found it well worth reading too. It reads well and can be read in a couple of days at most.
While I have had for even longer a copy of Alan Knight's massive synthesis I admit that I have yet to read that one all the way through. Just the footnotes alone could take a day.
If you want a good sort out of the major players on both sides of the border this is for you. Ronald Atkins' Revolution once was the "one book if you're having only one", but that one is long out of print. This is an even better one.