AMERICAN AND THE MEXICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE: Insurgents, Patriots, and Brethren in Arms, 1810-1821

Links America with the Mexican struggle for independence to examine guerrilla warfare and royalist reaction in Mexico, the common cause between Mexican and American patriots in ousting the Spanish, the secret efforts by Americans to convey insurgents and arms into their revolution, and the effect of the war and its aftermath on the destiny of a continent. Contains 11 photos.