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Indlæser... The Transportation Corps: responsibilities, organization, and operations (1951)20 | Ingen | 1,096,386 | Ingen | Ingen | At a time when the U.S.-Mexican border was still not clearly defined and when the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and land hunger impelled the Anglo presence ever deeper and more intrusively into South Texas, Juan Nepomucino Cortina cut a violent swath across the region in a conflict that came to be known as The Cortina War. Did this border caudillo fight to defend the rights, honor, and legal claims of the Mexicans of South Texas, as he claimed? Or was his a quest for personal vengeance against the newcomers who had married into his family, threatened his mother's land holdings, and insulted his honor? Historian Jerry Thompson mines the archival record and considers it in light of recent revisionist history of the region. As a result, he produces not only a carefully nuanced work on Cortina--the most comprehensive to date for this pivotal borderlands figure--but also a balanced interpretation of the violence that racked South Texas from the 1840s through the 1860s. Cortina's influence in the region made him a force to be reckoned with during the American Civil War. He influenced Mexican politics from the 1840s to the 1870s and fought in the Mexican Army for more than forty-five years. His daring cross-border cattle raids, carried out for more than two decades, made his exploits the stuff of sensational journalism in the newspapers of New York, Boston, and other American cities. By the time of his imprisonment in 1877, Cortina and his followers had so roiled South Texas that Anglo reprisals were being taken against Mexicans and Tejanos throughout the region, ironically worsening the racism that had infuriated Cortina in the beginning. The effects of this troubled period continue to resonate in Anglo-Mexican and Anglo-Tejano relations, down to this very day. Students of regional and borderlands history will find this premier biography to be a rich source of new perspectives. Its transnational focus and balanced approach will reward scholarly and general readers alike.… (mere) |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. The ability of the United States to turn the course of World War II toward victory for the Allies was dependent on the adequacy of the transportation facilities made available to our armed forces and the efficiency with which those facilities were used. Manifestly, success was dependent also on the training and skillful employment of military personnel and on the quantity and quality of the war matériel produced for the use of our own forces and those of our allies. Yet our forces could not accomplish their mission until they had been transported to the combat areas overseas, and among the several elements which entered into the formula for victory it fairly may be said that transportation, especially shipping, was the most critical. | |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. Wartime transportation was a co-operative endeavor on both the international and the American levels. There were differences between the British and American points of view regarding some of the shipping problems, but practical adjustments were worked out and a remarkable degree of teamwork was achieved. There were disputes between the U.S. armed forces and the civilian transportation authorities, but these disputes were overshadowed by the broad collaboration which was practiced. The Army and the Navy failed to achieve a joint transportation service and so lost some of the economy and efficiency which such a service would have effected, but they developed close coordination in many phases of their logistics. In the stress of war, the Army Chief of Transportation sometimes felt keen disappointment because of what he considered shortcomings in the cooperative effort. Yet looking backward after the hostilities were over, it must have been the accomplishments rather than the failures which seemed significant. Their greatest significance, of course, lay in the promise which they gave of even fuller coordination in the future—coordination planned and perfected in peacetime. (Klik for at vise Advarsel: Kan indeholde afsløringer.) | |
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▾Referencer Henvisninger til dette værk andre steder. Wikipedia på engelsk (14)▾Bogbeskrivelser At a time when the U.S.-Mexican border was still not clearly defined and when the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and land hunger impelled the Anglo presence ever deeper and more intrusively into South Texas, Juan Nepomucino Cortina cut a violent swath across the region in a conflict that came to be known as The Cortina War. Did this border caudillo fight to defend the rights, honor, and legal claims of the Mexicans of South Texas, as he claimed? Or was his a quest for personal vengeance against the newcomers who had married into his family, threatened his mother's land holdings, and insulted his honor? Historian Jerry Thompson mines the archival record and considers it in light of recent revisionist history of the region. As a result, he produces not only a carefully nuanced work on Cortina--the most comprehensive to date for this pivotal borderlands figure--but also a balanced interpretation of the violence that racked South Texas from the 1840s through the 1860s. Cortina's influence in the region made him a force to be reckoned with during the American Civil War. He influenced Mexican politics from the 1840s to the 1870s and fought in the Mexican Army for more than forty-five years. His daring cross-border cattle raids, carried out for more than two decades, made his exploits the stuff of sensational journalism in the newspapers of New York, Boston, and other American cities. By the time of his imprisonment in 1877, Cortina and his followers had so roiled South Texas that Anglo reprisals were being taken against Mexicans and Tejanos throughout the region, ironically worsening the racism that had infuriated Cortina in the beginning. The effects of this troubled period continue to resonate in Anglo-Mexican and Anglo-Tejano relations, down to this very day. Students of regional and borderlands history will find this premier biography to be a rich source of new perspectives. Its transnational focus and balanced approach will reward scholarly and general readers alike. ▾Biblioteksbeskrivelser af bogens indhold No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThingmedlemmers beskrivelse af bogens indhold
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