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
Juarez wrested power away from the clerical Conservatives who had
held the country in a oppressive grip since before Spain's
embarrassing evacuation. Juarez's election, and subsequent
persecutions, prompted affluent expatriate Conservatives to flee to
Europe, where, as political refugees, they gained the sympathies of
France's Napoleon III. Seeing the turmoil brewing in the US,
Napoleon, 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 Napoleon accomplished by convincing
Austria's Archduke Maximilian in accepting the "Crown 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 Napoleon to withdraw French troops
from Mexico, or face the consequences of war with the United
States. With the final embarkation of the French Foreign Legion
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 southerngenerals offering their 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reestablishment of withdrawn monetary and military support from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 that
republic'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
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
384 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4343-8094-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4343-8094-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781434380944 |
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