Simón Bolívar's quest for glory
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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College Station [Texas] :
Texas A&M University Press,
c2003.
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| Vydání: | 1st ed. |
| Edice: | Texas A & M University military history series ;
86. |
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| On-line přístup: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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- The education of a liberator
- Introduction : Bolívar 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 Martín 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.