In almost a century of historical perspective the U.S. "invasion" of Mexico might seem like a minor skirmish made famous because of the army's first use of aircraft in combat. It gave fame to the American general, Black Jack Pershing, and it turned a hero of the Revolution, Pancho Villa, into a bandit. All because of politics.
Shifting powers in Mexico required a delicate balancing act from Washington, and many doubted that Wilson could handle the situation. He had appointed an avowed pacifist as his Secretary of War, and when Villa crossed the border at Columbus, New Mexico to secure arms and ammunition, journalists waited for the new Secretary to stumble. But he passed over many senior officers to select Pershing who gathered a force in rapid order (including Lt. George Patton who pulled strings to serve Pershing).
In the first half of his book, Roosevelt reviews significant events in the beginning of the Mexican Revolution to give us a foundation for what happens when Villa is chased by U.S. troops. At times, Roosevelt includes some trivial actions to give a human face to this history (that seemed unnecessary to me), but such details make for intriguing reading, especially the ones that involved U.S. politics.
Ironically, Pershing's aerial "power' proved of little use. While combat planes in Europe were evolving rapidly at the time, the Army's "flying Jennys" could do little except help with communications because of their limited distance and altitude.
A good review of the Mexican Revolution with the second half examining the U.S. Intervention in detail.
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