Santa Anna of Mexico

Table of contents

• Santa Anna of Mexico i
• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Introduction - Traitor, Turncoat, and Tyrant xvii
• Part 1 - Santa Anna's Early Life, 1794–1823 1
• 1: between the Volcano and the Sea, 1794–1810 3
• 2: an Officer and a Gentleman, 1810–1821 20
• 3: Liberator of Veracruz, Founder of the Republic, 1821–1823 43
• Part 2 - The Making of a Caudillo, 1823–1832 69
• 4: a Federalist on the Periphery, 1823–1825 71
• 5: among the Jarochos, 1825–1828 88
• 6: General of Tricks, 1828–1832 109
• Part 3 - The Returns of the Phoenix, 1832–1841 131
• 7: the Absentee President, 1832–1835 133
• 8: the Warrior President, 1835–1837 158
• 9: the Landowner President, 1837–1841 184
• Part 4 - A Road Paved with Good Intentions, 1841–1848 211
• 10: the Santanista Project, 1841–1844 213
• 11: Our Man in Havana, 1844–1846 238
• 12: the Mexican-American War, 1846–1848 256
• Part 5 - The Autumn of the Patriarch, 1849–1876 287
• 13: the Man Who Would Be King, 1849–1855 289
• 14: the General in His Labyrinth, 1856–1876 317
• Conclusion - [A Good Mexican] 346
• Chronology 369
• Notes 391
• Bibliography 449
• Index 477

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