War and independence in Spanish America / Anthony McFarlane.

War and independence in Spanish America / Anthony McFarlane.

9781857287837 paperback
1857287835 paperback
9781857287820 hardcover
1857287827 hardcover
9780203470305 electronic book

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.

English

viii, 452 pages ; 24 cm

F1412 .M44 2014

980/.02

"During the period from 1808 to 1826, the Spanish empire was convulsed by wars throughout its dominions in Iberia and the Americas. The conflicts began in Spain, where Napoleon's invasion triggered a war of national resistance. The collapse of the Spanish monarchy provoked challenges to the colonial regime in virtually all of Spain's American provinces, and demands for autonomy and independence led to political turbulence and violent confrontation on a transcontinental scale. During the two decades after 1808, Spanish America witnessed warfare on a scale not seen since the conquests three centuries earlier. War and Independence in Spanish America provides a unified account of war in Spanish America during the period after the collapse of the Spanish government in 1808. McFarlane traces the courses and consequences of war, combining a broad narrative of the development and distribution of armed conflict with analysis of its characteristics and patterns. He maps the main arenas of war, traces the major campaigns of crucial battles between rebels and royalists, and places the military conflicts in the context of international political change. Readers will come away with an understanding of how war and military mobilization affected Spanish American societies and shaped the emerging independent states."--page [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-441) and index.

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