arrillage (2 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition. Card wraps. B/w diagrams. 361 pages. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Soft cover. 11 pages (9 x 6 4/8 inches), woodcut decorated self-wraps as issued, woodcut head and tail-piece (one or two edges a little frayed). Streeter reports: "This has correspondence in November and December, 1845, of Paredes y Arrillaga and Mariano Arista with each other and of Paredes with the president of Mexico, Jose Joaquin de Herrera, and the Minister of War growing out of a report dated November 15 by Arista, Commanding General of the Fourth Division, to Paredes that he had word of a movement of the United States troops from their encampment at Corpus Christi towards Matamoros. Arista asked for re-enforcements ad supplies to resist this advance and said war seemed inevitable in a few days. Herrera's letters show his desire to forward re-enforcements and supplies and the difficulty of doing this because of the poverty of the government. In December, 1845, Paredes revolted and on January 2, 1846, was selected as president ad interim" (Streeter 1008). Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga "was one of the master manipulators of Mexican politics during the early Nineteenth Century. A staunch supporter of the Spanish, he was born in Mexico City 1797 and came of age during the War for Independence, during which he served as a Royalist officer. When Mexico emerged as a new nation, Paredes remained a staunch monarchist at heart. Siding with the Centralist political faction, Paredes participated in a variety of government roles and internal scuffles, earning him elevation to brigadier general and a short stint as secretary of war. He edged his way into presidential politics in 1841 by leading a coup against President Anastasio Bustamante and enforcing the policies of the new chief executive, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Three years later, he moved against his new boss, causing his exile to Cuba. Meanwhile, tensions mounted between the United States and Mexico. Amid this political chaos, José Herrera emerged as president of Mexico and sought a peaceful solution to the issues facing the nation. He was overthrown in a military coup in late 1845 by Paredes, who installed himself as president. He hoped to wage a limited war with the U.S. to increase Mexico's bargaining power. He also hoped for indemnification over Texas and intervention by European powers. His gamble failed, as U.S. forces consistently defeated the Mexican army in May 1846. By August, Paredes was himself overthrown in a military coup led by a vengeful Santa Anna. Paredes fled to Europe, returning briefly to Mexico as an outspoken critic of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. He returned to Europe, but drifted back to Mexico in 1849, where he died physically and financially broken" (PBS Biographies online).