While fire-eaters, both North & South, fanned controversial
flames into open, armed hostilities, the political situation south
of the 1860 US-Mexico border also quickly deteriorated. Prior to
opening shots at Fort Sumter, Liberal Republican President Benito
Jurez wrested power away from the clerical Conservatives who had
held the country in a oppressive grip since before Spain's
embarrassing evacuation. Jurez's election, and subsequent
persecution, prompted affluent expatriate Conservatives to flee to
Europe, where, as political refugees, they gained the sympathies of
France's Napolen III. Seeing the turmoil brewing in the US,
Napolen, backed by some of Europe's most influential bankers,
gambled and embarked on a mission of regaining a foot-hold on the
western continent that had been lost since the publication of the
US's Monroe Doctrine. This Napolen accomplished by convincing
Austria's Archduke Maximilian in accepting the "Throne of Mexico,"
which would be propped-up by French expeditionary forces. However,
when the devastating US turmoil concluded with the subjugation of
the South, US Secretary of State, William Seward, issued a
threatening ultimatum demanding Napolen to withdraw French troops
from Mexico, or face the consequences of war with the United
States. With the final French Foreign Legion embarking from the
coastal port of Vera Cruz, it was only a matter of time before
Maximilian realized his puppet government could not survive without
exterior military support. Convinced that forging peaceful,
political alliances with the victorious North was his only formula
for successful existence, Maximilian spurned the overtures of
displaced, unrepentant southern generals offeringtheir services.
Seward, however, rejected Maximilian's proposals. With his
stunningly beautiful bride having returned to Europe to seek the
reestablishment of withdrawn monetary and military support from
governments and the Vatican, Maximilian made his last stand against
converging loyal Juaristas at an old Spanish town north of the
nation's capital.
General
Imprint: |
Authorhouse
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Authors: |
David R. Stevens
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
432 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4343-9312-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-4343-9312-7 |
Barcode: |
9781434393128 |
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