Research Catalog

Title

San Martín : Argentine soldier, American hero / John Lynch.

Author

Lynch, John, 1927-2018.

Publication

New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2009], ©2009.

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Description

xiv, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Jose de San Martin (1778-1850) was an enigmatic figure - a revolutionary and a conservative, a professional soldier and an intellectual, a taciturn man who nevertheless was able to inspire the peoples of South America to follow his armies and accept his battle strategies. One of the great leaders in the wars for independence, he was a pivotal force in the liberation of Chile and Peru from Spanish rule." "In the first full English-language biography of San Martin in more than half a century, John Lynch shines new light on San Martin and on the story of Spanish America's revolutionary wars. Lynch offers a series of dramatic set pieces: the Peninsular War, in which San Martin fought the French and learned his military skills; the crossing of the Andes, when his army battled the forces of nature as well as enemy fire; the confrontation with imperial Spain in Peru; and the standoff with Bolivar which led to San Martin's resignation and exile in Europe. Based on the latest documentation, San Martin enhances our understanding of the modern history of Latin America and one of its most brilliant leaders."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• San Martín, José de, 1778-1850
• South America > History > Wars of Independence, 1806-1830

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-255) and index.

Contents

1. Soldier of Spain -- 2. The Revolution Calls -- 3. A Continental Strategy -- 4. Power Base of Revolution -- 5. Across the Andes -- 6. Peru, the Carthage of San Martin -- 7. Monarchist in a World of Republics -- 8. Liberal in a Conservative Society -- 9. Last Chance in Guayaquil -- 10. Exile.

ISBN

• 9780300126433 (ci : alk. paper)
• 0300126433 (ci : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008045560
• 40016627509

OCLC

• ocn262432339
• 262432339
• SCSB-5467429

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries