Book Watch (List 5)

Book Watch in the States

(List 5)

By Paul V. Walsh

Unfortunately, once again the author has been remiss in his duties, so that this installment of "Book Watch in the States" is long overdue. On the plus side, enough time has passed for a considerable quantity of items to accumulate. On the negative side, however, many of these items, particularly those from used book dealers who only carry a single copy, may have been sold by the time this reaches print. Actually, those who have read my column in the past will notice many familiar titles, which suggests that the items in question are either still in stock or, as used copies, they are relatively common (at least in the United States). As such, those readers who may have had second thoughts about purchasing a given item that has appeared in a past installment may still have the opportunity to obtain the book(s) in question (Note: Throughout this article when two identification numbers are provided for an item, they signify the catalogue number followed by the number for the item in that catalogue).

Although doubtlessly there are many new titles that would be of interest to the readers of El Dorado, one in particular that has come to my attention is Andrew Knaut's "The Pueblo Revolt of 1680: Conquest and Resistance in Seventeenth Century New Mexico", the latest study of the only significant reverse of European expansion in the Americas. While this book is commercially available, it can also be obtained at a reduced price by members in the United States through the HISTORY BOOK CLUB (Camp Hill, PA. 17012-0001), an organization that has earned my highest recommendation (as opposed to the Military Book Club, the quality of who's items has steadily, it would appear, declined).

The firm of ARTICLES OF WAR , LTD. (8806 Bronx Ave., Skokie, IL. 60077-1896, Tel (708) 674-7445; Fax (708) 674-7449 ) has put out a new catalogue, No.67. The first item is Roderick Cavaliero's "Admiral Satan: The Life and Campaigns of Pierre Andre del Suffren [Saint Tropez, 1729-1788]," 312pp., maps, 67-48, $49.50, which covers the Admiral's service in, among many other theaters, the West Indies during the U.S. War of Independence.

A new military study of the Texian (why isn't it Texan?) War for Independence, based on original research, is provided by Stephen Hardin's "Texian Iliad: A Military History of the Texas Revolution", 321pp., illus., maps, 67-133, $24.95. For the U.S. Mexican War there is a newly published first-hand account,

"Mexico Under Fire: Being the Diary of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regt. during the American Military Occupation of Northern Mexico, 1846-47", by Joseph B. Chance (Ed.), 307 pp., illus., maps, 67-118, $29.95.

During the U.S. Civil War the weakness of the Confederate Navy led them to adopt the traditional U.S. strategy of commerce raiding, which occurred, among other places, in the Caribbean and South American waters, as described by Royce Shingleton's "High Seas Confederate: The Life and Times of John Newland Maffitt", 160pp., illus., maps, 67-110, $27.95.

There are two new publications that cover, to one degree or another, U.S. Army performance in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Graham Cosmas, a specialist in U.S. Army history, provides a revised edition of his thorough 1971 overview of the Army in al1 its aspects during this conflict in "An Army For Empire: The United States Army in the Spanish-American War", 349pp., illus., maps, 67-88, $27.95, while Perry Jamieson evaluates the resulting development of infantry tactics between 1865 and 1898 during the fighting in Cuba in "Crossing The Deadly Ground: United States Army Tactics, 1865-99", 230pp., illus., 67-99, $29.95.

A well illustrated first hand account of another episode of conflict with Mexico is provided by Lt. Col. M.N. Thisted's "With The Wisconsin National Guard on the Mexican Border 1916-17", 348pp., illus., 67-152, $20.00.

Lastly, there is Leroy Thompson's overview of Post-1945 insurgency, including conflicts within Latin America, "Ragged War: The Story of Unconventional and Counter-Revolutionary Warfare", 192pp., illus., 67-213, $24.95.

Because of their large stock, the firm of THE MILITARY BOOKMAN, 29 East 93rd St., New York, N.Y. 10128; Tel. (212) 348-1280, publishes catalogues which limit themselves to a varying number of specific historical periods or topics. Their latest catalogue, Fall 1995, offers titles on the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Colonial and nineteenth century North America, naval affairs, British colonial conflicts, the Russo-Japanese War, World War I on the Eastern Front, air warfare before 1939, the A-Bomb, Germany in World War II, the Pacific theater and the Korean War.

The first item is a reference work that may prove useful to those translating Latin American accounts of naval operations, "Naval Phraseology in English French - Spanish - Italian - German - Portuguese", by U.S. Naval Academy, 326pp., $25.00.

"Tristan de Luna, Conquistador of the Old South: A Study of Spanish Imperial Strategy", by Herbert Priestley, 215pp., $55.00, examines this neglected figure's activities in Florida between 1559 and 1561.

The "Field of Mars: Being an Alphabetical Digestion of the Principle Naval and Military Engagements in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, Particularlily of Great Britain and Her Allies from the Ninth Century to the Peace of 1801...", Anonymous, published in 1801, 2 Volumes, 1,100pp., maps, illus., $775.00, may or may not contain useful material on military operations in Latin America before 1801.

"Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century: The British Expeditions to the West Indies, 1740 - 1742", by Richard Harding, 248pp., maps, $40.00, on the other hand, focuses specifically on the joint British-Colonial American attack on Cartegena (which was an unmitigated disaster).

The collection of essays, "Adapting To Conditions: War and Society in the Eighteenth Century", by Maarten Ultee (Ed.), 197pp., $35.00, also includes a number of pieces on eighteenth century operations in the West Indies.

There are three items dealing with Colonial Spanish America, including two titles on New Spain (Mexico): "The Naval Department of San Blas: New Spain's Bastion for Alta California and Nootka 1767 to 1798, Spain in the West Series, Vol.XI", by Michael E. Thurman, 382pp., maps, illus., $65.00. "Teodoro de Croix and the Northern Frontier of New Spain, 1776-1783: From the Original Document in the Archives of the Indies, Seville", by Alfred Barnaby Thomas (Ed.), 273pp., maps, illus. $37.50. "The Spanish Town Papers: Some Sidelights on the American War of Independence [West Indies] by E. Arnot Robertson, l99pp., maps, illus., $12.50.

Leonard F. Guttridge's general study, "Mutiny: A History of Naval Insurrection", 318pp., maps, illus., $25.00, includes a chapter on Latin American examples.

For an account of an obscure Mexican border clash, there is C.L. Sonnichsen's "The El Paso Salt War (1877)", 68pp., S30.00.

Finally, there are two works touching upon U.S. intervention in the 20th. century. "Through four American Wars: The Impressions and Experiences of Brig. Gen. William H. Bisbee [4th Inf. Regt.], 281pp., illus., $85.00, includes the General's service in Cuba during the War with Spain. "United States Cavalry, Patton Museum Society Publication No.2.", by W.D. Smithers and Randy Steffen (Eds.), 52pp., 150 illus., $45.00, contains nine articles reprinted from the periodical Western Horsemen (1960-62), including a number of works on the Mexican Punitive Expedition 1916, in which the future General Patton participated.

The latest catalogues from the firm of J.H. FADER, Box 24, Millwood, N.Y. 10546, Tel. (914) 762-2656, contain their share of Latin American related titles. To begin with, there are a number of works being offered on the Colonial Period, such as John Robert McNeill's comparative study "Atlantic Empires of France and Spain: Louisbourg and Bavana, 1700-1763", 329pp. maps, 49-78, $30.00.

For the region of New Spain there is Max Moorehead's "The Presidio: Bastion of the Spanish Borderlands", 288pp., maps, illus., 49-223, $30.00, and an examination of an early Anglo-Spanish dispute along the farthest reaches of New Spain, "The Nootka Sound Controversy [1789] by William Ray Manning, 202pp., 49-4, $25.00.

A similarly unlikely topic is examined by Abraham Nasatir in "Spanish War Vessels on the Mississippi 1792-1796", 339pp., illus., 49-348, $15.00. A study of early U.S. relations with the first independent state of Latin America is provided by "The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Haiti 1776-1891, by Rayford W. Logan, 516pp., 48-8, $30.00. Works on the struggle for independence include John Lynch's classic single volume study "The Spanish American Revolutions 1808-1826", 433pp., maps, 48-78, $12.00, "The Emancipation of South America: Being a Condensed Translation by William Pilling of 'The History of San Martin' " by General Bartolome Mitre, 499pp., 49-187, $30.00, and Gerhard Masur's biography "Simon Bolivar", 572pp., maps, 48-384, $25.00.

"Memoirs of General Miller in the service of the Republic of Peru," 849pp., maps, 49-162, $120.00, provides information on this independence and post-independence British volunteer.

Another work concerning one of the nations on the Pacific coast is "The Military in Chilean History: Essays on Civil-Military Relations, 1810-1973, 343pp., 49-426, $20.00, by a specialist on Latin American military affairs Frederick Nunn.

There are four books being offered on various aspects of Mexican relations. In "Legacy of Honor: The Life of Rafael Chacon, a Nineteenth Century New Mexican," 439pp., illus., maps, 49-93A, $18. 00, Jacqueline Dorgan Meketa examines the career of an individual who served in the Mexican Army before the 1850's. Joseph McCutvhan edits a primary source on the failed 1842 filibuster effort in "Mier Expedition Diary: A Texan Prisoner's Account", 246pp., map, illus., 49-45, $20.00. Another primary source "The Mexican War Diary of General George B. McClellan", by William Starr Myers (Ed.), 97pp., map, illus., 49-35. $35.00, offers a view of the U.S.-Mexican War from a famous / infamous U.S. Civil War General (presumably the U.S. won the war against Mexico in spite of his participation!). I assume that "New Mexico in 1850: A Military View", by Col. George Archibald McCall (Ed.), 222pp., map, illus., 49-31, $25.00, concerns, to one degree or another, the Anglo-Mexican border.

There are also four works being offered on U.S. involvement in the Caribbean region, Donald Yerxa's "Admirals and Empire: The United States Navy and the Caribbean, 1898-1945", 202pp. maps, illus. 48-432 $15.00 provides an overview of the high-water mark of U.S. intervention in the Caribbean nations. Similarly, in "Prize Possession: The United States and the Panama Canal 1903-1979" 168pp. maps, 48-301, $25.00, John Major (NO, not that John Major) provides an overview of U.S. involvement in Panama. Certainly the best study of its subject is "Garde D'Haiti, 1915-1934: Twenty Years of Organization and Training by the United States Marine Corps", by James H. McCrocklin, 262pp, maps, illus., 49-42w $30.00. In contrast to Donald Yerxa's book, Dana Munro's "The United States and the Caribbean Republics 1921-1933", 394pp., 49-293, $25.00, does not have a purely military focus.

The two items on the Mexican Revolution being offered include a biography, Michael Meyer's "Huerta: A Political Portrait 1913-1914", 272pp., 49-121, $18.00, and one of the latest studies of General Pershing's Punitive Expedition of 1916, "The Great Pursuit", by Herbert Molloy Mason, 269pp. maps, illus., 48-372, $15.00.

As a veteran guerrilla of the Cuban Revolution, Neill Macaulay was uniquely qualified to write the classic accounts of two earlier Latin American guerrilla leaders, "The Prestes Column: Revolution in Brazil 1924-27" 281pp., maps, 48-231, $15.00, and "The Sandino Affair (Nicaragua 1927-33)", 319pp., maps, illus., 48-232, S30.00.

Raul Morin examines Mexican-American service in the U.S. armed forces during two conflicts in "Among the Valiant: Mexican-Americans in World War II and Korea", 290pp. illus, 49-232, $15.00. Lastly there are two obligatory titles on the Falklands/Malvinas War, "Operation Corporate: The Story of the Falklands War, 1982" 430pp., maps, illus., 49-136, $25.00, and "The Fight for the Malvinas: The Argentine Eorces in the Falklands War", 321pp. maps, illus., 49-133, $20.00, both are by Martin Middlebrook and both excellent accounts.

It comes as no surprise that the latest catalogues of THE BRASS HAT, P.O. Box 358, Pike, N.H. 03780, a firm specializing in U.S. Marine Corps history, contains a fair number of titles related to Latin American military history. To begin with there is a copy of "The Spanish American Revolutions 1808-1826", by John Lynch, 433pp., List 2-95, $18.00.

There are two works being offered on the U.S.-Mexican War, the first is a study of how it came about and what it determined, "A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War", by William Jay, 333pp., 3-95, $12.00, and a primary source, "Camp Life of a Volunteer: A Campaign in Mexico..." by B.F. Scribner, 75pp., map, 2-95, $16.00 (the number of the first hand accounts of this war by U.S. servicemen seems to contradict the popular notion that the Civil War was the first U.S. conflict fought by a largely literate army).

William Walker's infamous career is one of the topics covered in R. West's "Hurricane in Nicaragua", 218pp., 3-95, $19.00.

One of the more unusual items being offered is "The Heroic Image in Chile: Arturo Prat, Secular Saint", 243pp, 3-95, $18.00, a study of the famous Chilean Naval Captain who lost his life during the War of the Pacific and how his image was manipulated by succeeding governments, by an authority on Chilean military history, William Sater.

There are three works on the Mexican Revolution: J.K Turner's overview, "Barbarous Mexico, 322pp., illus., 3-95, $18.00, and an account by Garibaldi's grandson, who served in Mexico "A Toast To Rebellion", by G. Garibaldi, 367pp., illus., 2-95, $15.00, and a description of the U.S. Marine's landing at Vera Cruz in "Diplomats Wife in Mexico 1916", by O'Shaughnessy, 356pp., illus., 3-95, $10.00. "Old Gimlet Eye: Adventures of Smedley D. Hutler, 310pp., illus., 2-95, $35.00, is Lowell Thomas biography of the U.S. premier 'Colonial' warrior, who participated in most of the Caribbean interventions and earning more than one Congressional Medal of Honor in the process.

It's not clear exactly what "Puerto Rico: Study of the Theater of Operations 1936", by Marine Corps Schools concerns, but it should provide valuable information on U.S. forces stationed on this island, 150pp., 3-95, $15.00.

Although Hanson Baldwin's "United We Stand: Defense of the Western Hemisphere 1941", is a wartime publication, it may contain some useful material on the armed forces of the Latin American Republics during this period, 364pp., 3-95, $8.00.

A copy is available of Haynes Johnson's standard account of the Bay of Pigs fiasco, "The Bay of Pigs: The Leaders Story of the Brigade 2506", 368pp., illus., 3-95, $15.00. For a description of a different (and more successful) U.S. intervention in the Caribbean during the 1960's, there is "Dominican Diary 1965", by Tad Szulc, 306pp., illus., maps, 3-95, $16.00.

Arturo Cruz provides a first person account of the 'Contra War' against Nicaragua in "Memoirs of a Counter-Revolutionary: Life with the Contras, Sandinistas, and the CIA", 266pp., 3-95, $15.00.

Lastly there is the mandatory title on the Falklands/Malvinas War, "Take That Hill!: Royal Marines in the Falklands War", by Nick Vaux, 260pp., illus., 2-95, $14.00.

Coincidentally, all of the books related to Latin America being offered in the latest catalogues of OLD ARMY BOOKS, P.O. Box 24652, Lexington, KY. 40524-4652, Tel. (606) 273-5614, concern Mexico.

For the U.S.- Mexican War, there is Seymour Connor's "North America Divided: The Mexican War, 1846-1848, 300pp., maps, 55-437, $35.00. The Mexican Revolution is covered in "Revolution! Mexico 1910-20", by Donald Atkin, 354pp., illus., 54-386, $25.00, and Friedrich Ratz's "The Secret War in Mexico: Europe, the United States and the Mexican Revolution", 659pp., 56-444, $25.00.

A unique illustrated study of the outfitting of the troops in Pershing's Punitive Expedition is provided by William Machado's "Uniforms and Equipment of the Last Campaign, 1916: The Pursuit of Pancho Villa", 112pp., 55-48, $20.00. The final two items concern Mexican involvement in various conflicts, "Mexico and the Spanish Civil War", by T.G. Powell, 210pp., 54-144, $18.00, and the aforementioned "Among the Valiant: Mexican-Americans in World War II and Korea", by Raul Morin, 290pp., illus., 55-157, S22.00.

Unfortunately, while the latest catalogues from the firm of BARNES & NOBLE, 126 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10011-5666, continues to offer nicely reduced prices, their selection of Latin American related titles remains very small. Although X. Hernandez's "San Rafael: A [Fictional] Central American City through the ages, 61pp., illus., A126798, $16.95 - $5.95, is listed as a children's book, this thoroughly illustrated study may prove to be of some use.

Yet another biography of Cortes is provided in "Cortes: The Great Adventurer and the Fate of Aztec Mexico", by R.L. Marks, 347pp., A125541, $27.50 - $12.98.

Lastly, there is the team of J.E. and J. Weems study of the short lived Texian Republic through a look at the lives of twelve of its citizens, "Dream of Empire: A Human History of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846", 363pp., E121443, $7.98.

I have received three University Press sales catalogues containing a few Latin American related titles

( O.K ,. from now on instead of Latin American Related titles, I'm going to abbreviate these four words into one "LART", hope this is not too confusing and that it is remembered by you the reader. T.D.H.).

From the UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PRESS, Box 3608, University Station, Charlottesville, VA. 22903-0608, there is David Werlich's study of the career of a naval officer of the Confederate States of America who served in the Peruvian Navy during the war with Spain (1863-66) and later explored the Amazon, "Admiral of the Amazon: John Randolph Tucker, His Confederate Colleagues and Peru, 368pp., illus., No. WEAA, $35.00-$15.00, and an examination of France's possessions in Latin America during the Post-1945 period, "French and West Indian: Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana Today", by Richard D.E. Burton and Fred Reno (Eds.), 214pp., No. BUFI, $42.50 - $37.50, No.BUFIP, pbk, $15.00 - $11.50.

The latest catalogue of the UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA PRESS, P.O. Box 787, Norman, Oklahoma 73070-0787, is offering the soft-back edition of Ross Hassig's outstanding "Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control, The Civilization of the American Indians Series, Vol.188", 424pp., maps, illus., ISBN: 0-8061-2773-2, pbk. $18.95, and a new publication, Robert Carmack's study of the struggle between highland natives and alien central authorities, "Rebels of Highland Guatemala: The Quiche-Mayas of Momostenango, The Civilization of the American Indians Series, Vol.215, 560pp., maps, illus., ISBN: 0-8061-2760-0, $39.95.

As usual, the latest catalogue of TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY PRESS, Drawer C, College Station, TX. 77843-4354, Tel. 1-800-826-8911, Fax 409-847-8752, contains a number of LART's. Three of these titles concern the Colonial Period, "New Spain's Far Northern Frontier: Essays on Spain in the American West, 1540-1821", by David J. Weber (Ed.), 344pp., maps, illus., No.NESP, pbk. $13.95 - $9.75, "The French Thorn: Rival Explorers in the Spanish Sea, 1682-1762", by Robert S. Weddle, 448pp., maps, illU5 ., No.FRTII, $49.50 - $29.75, and "The Defenses of Northern New Spain: Hugo O'Conor's Report to Teodoro de Croix, July 22, 1777", by Donald C. Cutter (Ed. and trans.), 184pp., No.DENO, $47.50 - $37.95. The end of Spanish rule in one Fart of New Spain is examined by Felix Almaraz's study of the career of Texas' last Spanish Governor, "Tragic Cavalier: Governor Manuel Salcedo of Texas, 1808-1813", 224pp., illus., No.TRCA, pbk. $14.50 - $5.95. There are three accounts by participants in the U.S. - Mexican War being offered; Frederick Zeh, a German immigrant who served with Scott from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, "An Immigrant Soldier in the Mexican War", 130pp., maps, illus., No.IMSO, $35.00 - $28.00, "The Mexican War Journal and Letters of Ralph W. Kirkham", by Robert Ryal Miller (Ed.), 168pp., maps, illus., No.MEWAP, pbk. S12.95 - $3.95, and an essay on the common life of the average soldier as seen through the letters of Andrew Trussell is contained in "Essays on the Mexican War", by Douglas Richmond (Ed.), 128pp., illus., No. ESMEWA, $17.50 - $4.95. John Edward Ween's study of the ship that is 'Remembered', "The Fate of the 'Maine' 240pp., illus., No.FAMA, pbk. $12.95 - $3.50, also includes an account of the war itself. Finally, for the Mexican Revolution, there are two biographies of participants, Linda Pall's "Alvaro Obregon: Power and Revolution in Mexico, 1911-1920", 304pp., illus., No.AL08, S28.50 - $5.95, and Ward Albro's "Always A Rebel: Ricardo Flores Magon and the Mexican Revolution," 220pp., illus., No.ALRE, $24.95 - $15.00.

The latest catalogues from the firm of EDWARD R. HAMILTON, Falls Village, CT. 06031-5000, contains a large number of LART's, though, as I noted before, many of these items may have already disappeared by the time this installment reaches print.

The first three books are reference works which are certain to be useful to the readers of El Dorado, "Historical Dictionary of Brazil", by Robert M. Levine, 297pp., No.496286, $27.50 $5.95, "Historical Dictionary of Costa Rico", 2nd Edition by Theodore S. Creedman, 338pp., No.496294, $42.50 - $5.95, and "Historical Dictionary of Mexico", by D.C. Briggs and K. Alisky, 259pp., No.496308, $27.50 - $5.95.

There are no less than ten titles dealing with the different civilizations of Pre-Colombian America. For the Aztecs and their predecessors, there's David Grove's "Chalcatzingo: Excavations on the Olmec Frontier", 184pp., illus., No.463515, $29.95 - $12.95, "Ancient Mexico: Architecture of the World", by Stierlin, 192pp., No.171409, pbk. $8.99 - $5.95, "Teotihuacan: The City of Gods", by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, 239pp., 299 illus., No.951846, $75.00 - $49.95, "Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World", by D. Carrasco and E.M. Moctezuma, 188pp., illus., No.396834, $45.00 - $19.95, and Benjamin Keen's "The Aztec Image in Western Thought", 667pp., No.949590, pbk. $22.95 $7.95. The only study of the Mayan civilization of Central America being offered is "The New Archaeology of the Ancient Maya", by Jeremy A. Sabloff, 193pp., illus., No.465372, $32.95 - $7.95. Among the titles concerning the Incas and their predecessors, there is "Chavin and the Origins of Andean Civilization", by Richard L. Burger, 248pp., 245 illus., No. 464759, $49.95 - $19.95, and for the Spanish conquests of these civilizations, there is John Hemming's classic study "The Conquest of the Incas", 641pp., illus., No.19428X, pbk. $18.95 - $13.26, Richard Mark' previously mentioned biography "Cortes: The Great Adventure and the Fate of the Aztec Mexico", 347pp., illus., No.357189, $27.50 - $7.95, and the most recent account of the defeat of the Aztecs, "Conquest: Montezuma, Cortes and the Fall of Old Mexico, 812pp., illus., No.9532S3, $30.00 - $11.95, by the specialist in Hispanic history and author of a study of the Cuban Revolution, Hugh Thomas.

"The Hispanic World: Civilization and Empire, Europe and America, Past and Present", by J.H. Elliot, 272pp., 320 illus., No.495034, $34.95, provides an overview of the connection between Spain and her former colonies in the New World.

Similarly, Luis Weckmann's study (which includes a substantial chapter on the military) examines the impact of the medieval civilization of Spain on one of her newly conquered colonies "The Medieval Heritage of Mexico", 692pp., No.20286X, $85.00 - $59.50, (it should be understood that the Renaissance did not so much represent a clean break with the so called 'Middle Ages', but, rather evolved out of processes already begun during the Medieval Period and, therefore, contained many features which were 'Medieval' in nature).

The latest study of the successful slave rebellion on Haiti is also being offered, "Night of Fire: The Black Napoleon and the Battle for Haiti", 224pp., illus., No.389455, $27.00 - $19.25, by the Dutch author, Martin Ros.

Ira Dye's dual biography, "The Fatal Cruise of the 'ARGUS': Two Captains in the War of 1812", 368pp., No.245461, $35.00 - $24.95, includes an account of the British Captain's involvement in the intervention during the Haitian slave rebellion.

For an overall study of Argentina's development that may have some bearing on military affairs, there is "The Political Economy of Argentina, 1880-1946", by G. Di Tella and D.C.M. Platt (Eds.), 217pp., No.375454, $30.00- $2.95. Walter La Feber's "Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America, 452pp., No.463744, $22.95 - $5.95, and Tessendorf's "Uncle Sam in Nicaragua: A History", 135pp., No.490873, $19.95 - $3.95.

For the Mexican Revolution there is "Provinces of the Revolution: Essays on Regional Mexican History, 1910-1929", by T. Benjamin and M. Wasserman (Eds.), 390pp., No.461172, $22.50 - $4.95,

Sterling Seagrave's "Soldiers of Fortune: The Time-Life Epic of Flights Series", 176pp., illus., No.362573, $24.95 - $6.95, the first chapter which covers mercenary pilots in Mexican service. Jon Lee Anderson examines contemporary insurgency movements around the world including El Salvador, in "Guerrillas: The Men and Women Fighting Today's Wars," 271pp., No.399760, $22.00 - $3.95, while there is Mark Adkin's thorough examination of the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983, "Urgent Fury: The Battle for Grenada", 391pp., illus., No.465607, $27.95 - $7.95. A view of the United States' other intervention in Latin America in the recent past, Operation Just Cause, from the two different command centers is provided by John Dinges' "Our Man In Panama [Manuel Noriega]", 412pp., illus., No.371424, pbk. t13.00 - $3,95, and "The Commanders", by Bob Woodhouse, 398pp., illus., No.947075, $24.95 - $5.95.

Maria Jimena Duzan's study "Death Beat: A Colombian Journalist's Life inside the Cocaine Wars", 280pp., No.37704X, $22.00 - $7.95, presumably contains information on government counter-insurgency operations.

Finally an autobiography which is certain to contain useful historical information is that of Haiti's leader, "Jean-Bertrand Aristide: An Autobiography". 205pp., illus., No.946087, $14.95 - $3.95.

Last is the dealer Q.M. DABNEY & CO, P.O. Box 42026, Washington, D.C. 20015, Tel. (301) 881-1470, Fax (301) 881-0843. There is no denying that this firm offers a tremendous selection of rare titles, the question is, how many members of the Society can afford to buy many of these items (of the sixty-eight titles listed here, the price of eighteen are over $50.00, ten of these being over $100.00).

There are four works being offered on the fall of the Aztec Empire; Robert Anderson Wilson's "A New History of the Conquest of Mexico: In which Las Casas' Denunciation of the Popular Historians of that War are Fully Vindicated", 539pp., maps, 433-27877, $150.00, two biographical approaches including Salvador de Madariaga's "Hernan Cortes: Conqueror of Mexico", 554pp., 433-43670, $30.00, and Francis Augustus MacNutt's "Fernando Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico, 1485-1547", 475pp., maps, illus., 433-40027, $40.00, and C. Harvey Gardiner's study of the Spanish use of naval vessels on Lake Texcoco in their attack on Tenochtitlan in 1520-21, "Naval Power in the Conquest of Mexico", 253pp., maps, illus., 433-22587, $60.00.

The campaign of the Conquistadors were not limited to the defeat of the Aztec and Incan Empires. As such, it is good to see works being offered covering these other theaters of operations, including two works by R.B. Cunninghame Graham, "The Conquest of New Granada: Being the Life of Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada", 272pp., illus., 433-42680, $45.00, and "Pedro de Valdivia: Conqueror of Chile", 227pp., illus., 433-39456, S25.00. In addition, there are two further biographies of Pedro de Alvarado: "Pedro de Alvarado: Conquistador", by John Eoghan Kelly, 279pp., maps, illus., 433-45033, $55.00, and "Pedro de Valdivia: Conquistador of Chile, University of Texas Institute of Latin-American Studies No.111,", by Ida Stevenson Weldon Vernon, 193pp., map, illus., 433-42330, $25.00. For Chile in the wake of Pedro de Valdivia's conquest, there is "Spanish Policy in Colonial Chile: The Struggle for Social Justice, 1535-1700", by Eugene H. Korth, 320pp.; 433-38950, $45.00, while the Colonial Period of Peru is covered in Arthur Franklin Zimmerman's "Francisco de Toledo, Fifth Viceroy of Peru, 1569-1581", 307pp., 433-15000, $25.00. There are two books being offered that deal with naval activities among the West Indies during the Colonial Period: "Naval Actions and Operations against Cuba and Porto Rico, 1593-1815", by the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, 205pp., 433-22698, $60.00, and "Bermuda's Sailor's of Fortune", by Sister Jean de Chantal Kennedy, 155pp., illus., 433-33483, $40.00.

Among the works on New Spain during the Colonial Period being offered, there is "The Mercurio Volante of Don Carlos de Siguenza y Gongora: An Account of the First Expedition of Don Diego de Vargas into New Mexico in 1692", 136pp., maps, illus., 433-10287, $175.00,

"The Viceregency of Antonio Maria Bucareli in New Spain, 1771-1779", by Bernard E. Bobb, 313pp., maps, illus., 433-38957, $45.00, and "Spanish Military Weapons in Colonial America, 1700-1821", by Peter Brock, 1005pp., 433-42008, $45.00.

There are seven titles being offered on the Wars of Liberation, contributing factors towards the revolt against Spanish rule is covered in William Spence Robertson's "Francisco de Miranda and the Revolutionizing of Spanish America", 351pp., 433-44981, $45.00, while general histories of these wars are provided by Salvador de Madariaga's "The Fall of the Spanish American Empire", 443pp., illus., 433-44856, $40.00, and F.J.Vargara y Velsaco's "Guerra de Independencia", 261pp., 433-38936, $45.00. Not surprisingly, there are three biographical works being offered on the leaders of the struggle for independence; "Simon Bolivar", by Gerhard Masur, 737pp., illus., 433-43667, $55.00, "Memorias del General Jose Antonio Paez: Autobiografia", by Jose Antonio Paez, 481pp., 433-14914, $40.00, and "Jose Antonio Paez" by R.B. Cunninghame Graham, 328pp., map, illus., 433 44103, $40.00. Lastly for the Wars of Liberation, there is Donald Worcester's brief study of the influence of naval operations, "Sea Power and Chilean Independence", 87pp., 433-44875, $40.00.

Primary sources for the early history of the La Plata nations include; "Catalogo de la Correspondencia Militar ano 1825: Arregla-Da por la Inspeccion General de Armas", 254pp., 433-14743, $75.00, and Charles Washburn's "The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations and Reminiscences of Diplomacy Under Difficulties", 1871, 2 Vols., 433-39992, $150.00. An additional primary source for the early history of the Republics of South America is "Publicaciones del Archivo General de la Nacion, Vol.XVI: Documentos para la Historia de la Guerra de Independencia, 1810-1821, Correspondencia y Diario Militar de Don Agustin de Iturbide, 1815-1821", by Archivo General de la Nacion Mexico, 66Spp., 433-38948, $125.00.

I'm afraid that I have no idea what William Oberste's "Remember Goliad!: In Commemoration of the Bi-Centennial of La Bahia, 1749-1949", 101pp. map, 433-44e92, $95.00, is about, the only "Goliad" of which I am familiar with is the fortress involved in the Texan War of Independence, maybe this work gives a history of the fortress and it's various usages during this period?

There are no less than eleven titles being offered on the history of the Republic of Texas. General works include "Texas Military History: A Quarterly Publication of the National Guard Association of Texas, Vols. 1-11, 1961-1973, forty issues, missing eleven, 433-14611, $350.00 and the aforementioned "Dream of Empire: A Human History of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846", by John Edward Weems, 377pp., illus., 433-44839, $35.00. There are three biographical works on the founding father of Texas; "The Autobiography of Sam Houston", 298pp., maps, illus., 433-31511, $45.00, "Sam Houston and the War of Independence in Texas", by Alfred M. Williams, 126pp., 433-14619, $100.00, and Marshall de Bruhl's recent study "Sword of San Jacinto: A Life of Sam Houston", 446pp., maps, illus., 433-21004, $20.00. The military activities of the Republic of Texas did not end with victory in the War for Independence. Among the works dealing with post-war activity are two items concerned with defences on land, Gerald Pierce's "Texas Under Arms: The Camps, Posts, Forts and Military Towns of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1846", 268pp., 433-23916, $175.00, and "Report into Depredations on the Frontiers of Texas", 43rd Congress, 1st Session, Document No.257 by United States Commission to Texas 1874, 32pp., 433-45518, $45.00, two studies of naval operations, "The Texas Navy in Forgotten Battles and Shirtsleeve Diplomacy", by Jim Dan Hill, 224pp., maps, illus., 433-14264, no price given, and "The Texas Navy", by United States Navy Department, Naval History Division, 40pp., illus., 433-44897, $25.00, and lastly two titles on the unsuccessful filibuster mission in 1842, Sam Haynes' "Soldiers of Misfortune: The Somerville and Meir Expeditions", 268pp., maps, illus., 433-44967, $20.00, and "Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Meir: Subsequent Imprisonment of the Author; His sufferings and Final Escape from the Castle of Perote....", by Thomas J. Green, 1845, 487pp., 433-44743, $750.00.

There are two works describing free-lance military activities in the nineteenth century Central America, William Walker's own account "The War in Nicaragua", 431pp., map, 433-45628, $200.00 and Kathleen Shervinton's chronicle of her family's mercenary tendencies, including activity in El Salvador, "The Shervintons: Soldiers of Fortune: Shervinton of Madagascar, Shervinton of Salvador, and Tom Shervinton, N.N.C., 280pp., illus., 433-44966, $60.00.

There are two primary sources being offered on the 'Maximilian Adventure', "Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico: Memoirs of His Private Secretary, Jose Luis Blasio", by R.H. Murray, (Ed. and trans.,) 235pp., illus., 433-44934, $45.00, and "With Maximilian in Mexico: From the Notebook of a Mexican Officer", by Max. Baron von Alvensleben, 289pp., 433-41987, $150.00.

The nineteenth century Cuban revolutionary, Orestes Ferrara, offers an account of Spanish efforts to involve other European powers in the Spanish-American War in "The Last Spanish War: Revelations in 'Diplomacy', 151pp., 433-40775, $25.00. Norman Padelford provides a wartime (W.W.II) publication on the history of the Panama Canal that is bound to contain information on military affairs, "The Panama Canal in Peace and War", 327pp., maps, 433-43840, $40.00.

There are no less than ten titles being offered dealing with the Mexican Revolution and U.S. Intervention. One of the standard illustrated general histories is "The Wind That Swept Mexico: The History of the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1942", by Anita Brenner and George R. Leighton, 302pp., illus., 433-41965, $45.00, while Charles Curtis Cumberland provides a study of the beginnings of the uprising in "Mexican Revolution: Genesis Under Madero", 298pp., illus., 433-43372, $45.00. Naturally there are biographical studies of the leading figures of the Revolution being offered; John Womack's classic "Zapata and the Mexican Revolution", 435pp., illus., 433-29089, $35.00, and "Pancho Villa and John Reed: Two Faces of Romantic Revolution", by Jim Tuck, 252pp., illus., 433-43851, S25.00. Among the four works being offered on U.S. Intervention are Edward Haley's diplomatic study "Revolution and Intervention: The Diplomacy of Taft and Wilson with Mexico, 1910-1917", 294pp., maps, illus., 433-27804, $35.00, Robert Freeman Smith's study, which takes up where Edward Haley's leaves off, "The United States and Revolutionary Nationalism in Mexico, 1916-1932", 288pp., 433-41680, $45.00, the account of a grandson of one of the participating sailors, Jack Sweetman's "Landing at Vera Cruz, 1914: The First Complete Chronicle of a Strange Encounter in April, 1914..", 221pp., illus., 433-33807, $40.00, and George Brooke's account of his own experiences "With the First City Troop on the Mexican Border: Being the Diary of a Trooper", 166pp., illus., 433 41321, $150.00. The War against Augusto Sandino in Nicaragua is included as a chapter on U.S. experiences in "Roots of Counter Insurgency: Armies and Guerrilla Warfare, 1900-45", by Ian F.W. Beckett (Ed.), 160pp., illus., 433-15050, $23.95. For early revolutionary insurgency in Latin America during the Post W.W.II era, there is Richard Gott's classic general study, "Guerrilla Movements in Latin America", 626pp., illus., 433-20259, $30.00, "Communism in Guatemala, 1944-45", by Ronald M. Schneider, 350pp., 433-23584, $25.00, and Jose Luis Llovio Menendez's "Insider: My Hidden Life as a Revolutionary in Cuba", 466pp., illus., 433-23571, $25.00.

There are two works on the Missile Crisis that occurred in the wake of the Bay of Pigs, "The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962: A National Security Archive Documents Reader", by L. Chang and P. Kornbluh (Eds.), 415pp., 433-34235, $20.00 and "Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis", by Graham Allison, 338pp., 433-21878 $40.00.

Civil-military relations are considered by an authority on the topic, Alfred Stepan, in "The Military in Politics: Changing Patterns in Brazil", 313pp., 433-44946, $30.00.

For conflict in Central America in the recent past, there is Omar Cabezas' "Fire from the Mountain: The Making of a Sandinista", 233pp., 433-14765, $30.00, Christopher Dickey's "With The Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua", 325pp., 433-14793, $20.00, and Charles Clements' "Witness to War: An American Doctor in El Salvador", 268pp., illus., 433-14773, $20.00.

Once again, there should be something for everyone in this installment. Here's your correspondent wishing the readers of EL DORADO happy hunting!