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Guinn, Jeff, author.

War on the border : Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American invasion / Jeff Guinn.

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2021.

ix, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

"The dramatic story of how U.S.-Mexico border tensions erupted into open warfare in 1916, as a U.S. military expedition crossed the border to try to capture Mexican guerrilla Pancho Villa--a military incursion whose effects still haunt the border region to this day"-- Provided by publisher.

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.

Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923.

United States. Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916.

Texas Rangers -- History -- 20th century.

Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century.

Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Columbus, New Mexico, March 8-9,1916 -- Mexico and America -- Border fences and revolution -- The American puppeteer -- "I do not know what to make of Mexico" -- Film crews and the refugees nobody wanted -- Veracruz -- Carranza and Villa collide -- The Plan de San Diego -- The Texas Rangers and their bandit war -- Wilson chooses Carranza -- Santa Ysabel and the El Paso riots -- Columbus -- The raid -- "The most serious situation" -- Elusive prey -- "Responsibility for the consequences" -- Carrizal -- The return of Villa -- Withdrawal -- Germany makes its move -- The Rangers go too far -- Showdown at Nogales -- Villa's last attack.

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