Simón Bolívar's quest for glory [electronic resource] / Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Texas A & M University military history series ; 86.
Main Author: Slatta, Richard W., 1947-
Other Authors: De Grummond, Jane Lucas, 1905-
Language:English
Published: College Station [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, c2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Texas A & M University military history series ; 86.
Subjects:
Bolívar, Simón, > 1783-1830.
Heads of state > South America > Biography.
South America > History > Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2003 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2003 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2003 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2003 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Simón Bolívar's Quest for Glory
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.