Sim�on Bol�ivar's quest for glory
Slatta, Richard W., 1947-
Sim�on Bol�ivar's quest for glory [electronic resource] / Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond. - 1st ed. - College Station [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, c2003. - xii, 344 p. : ill., maps. - Texas A & M University military history series ; no. 86 . - Texas A & M University military history series ; 86. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-333) and index.
The education of a liberator -- Introduction : Bol�ivar and Washington -- A young man seeks his destiny, 1783-1806 -- Stirrings of independence, 1807-10 -- Struggling for independence -- Disasters for the foolish Fatherland, 1811-12 -- Victories from Mompox to Araure, 1812-13 -- Spain's reconquest of its colonies -- Boves and royalist resurgence, 1814-15 -- Regrouping in Jamaica, 1815-16 -- From optimism at Aux Cayes to disaster at Ocumare, 1816 -- Frustration from Jacmel to Guayana, 1816-17 -- Patriot resurgence, Spanish collapse -- From frustration on the llanos to victory at Boyac, 1818-19 -- Armistice : joining with San Mart�in to turn the tide, 1820-21 -- Delirium over Manuela and Chimborazo, 1822 -- Final triumph in Peru, 1823-25 -- Political failure to postmortem glory -- Trying to hold Gran Colombia together, 1825-28 -- Political decline and death, 1828-30 -- From demagogue to demigod.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bol�ivar, Sim�on, 1783-1830.
Heads of state--South America--Biography.
South America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
Electronic books.
F2235.3 / .S66 2003eb
980/.02/092 B
Sim�on Bol�ivar's quest for glory [electronic resource] / Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond. - 1st ed. - College Station [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, c2003. - xii, 344 p. : ill., maps. - Texas A & M University military history series ; no. 86 . - Texas A & M University military history series ; 86. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-333) and index.
The education of a liberator -- Introduction : Bol�ivar and Washington -- A young man seeks his destiny, 1783-1806 -- Stirrings of independence, 1807-10 -- Struggling for independence -- Disasters for the foolish Fatherland, 1811-12 -- Victories from Mompox to Araure, 1812-13 -- Spain's reconquest of its colonies -- Boves and royalist resurgence, 1814-15 -- Regrouping in Jamaica, 1815-16 -- From optimism at Aux Cayes to disaster at Ocumare, 1816 -- Frustration from Jacmel to Guayana, 1816-17 -- Patriot resurgence, Spanish collapse -- From frustration on the llanos to victory at Boyac, 1818-19 -- Armistice : joining with San Mart�in to turn the tide, 1820-21 -- Delirium over Manuela and Chimborazo, 1822 -- Final triumph in Peru, 1823-25 -- Political failure to postmortem glory -- Trying to hold Gran Colombia together, 1825-28 -- Political decline and death, 1828-30 -- From demagogue to demigod.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bol�ivar, Sim�on, 1783-1830.
Heads of state--South America--Biography.
South America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
Electronic books.
F2235.3 / .S66 2003eb
980/.02/092 B