Simon Bolivar's Quest for Glory: 86 (Texas A&M University Military History Series) - Hardcover

Slatta, Richard W.; Grummond, Jane Lucas De; USA), Jane Lucas De Grummond (Formerly Of Louisiana State University

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ISBN 10: 1585442399 ISBN 13: 9781585442393

Verlag: Texas A & M University Press, 2003

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Book by Slatta Richard W Grummond Jane Lucas De

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Earning glory on the fields of battle, Simon Bolivar, who fought to free South America from Spanish rule from 1810 to 1825, was one of the most influential figures in Latin American history. Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond bring forth the entire story of Bolivar, with special attention to the ups and the downs of his military career. Bolivar's life contained all the makings of an epic war hero repeated comebacks from defeat, flashes of military genius, tremendous mood swings, dogged persistence, a near-manic quest for glory, and fall from political grace. Egomaniacal, he strived for military might and political power. Drawing from an Immense corpus of writings left behind by Bolivar, his allies, and his enemies, the authors transport the reader back to the life and times of ""the Liberator."" The first biography to suggest that Bolivar suffered from bipolar disorder, Simon Bolivar's Quest for Glory shows how the conflicts he fenced during the independence era set a political pattern followed by much of Latin America for the next century.

Biografía del autor:

Richard W. Slatta teaches history at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Jane Lucas De Grummond was the first woman to teach history at Louisiana State University. Following her death and at her brother's request. Slatta updated and revised the book to its present form.

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• Verlag: Texas A & M University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1585442399
• ISBN 13: 9781585442393
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336