Wars of Independence in Spanish America

Christon I. Archer is professor in the department of History at the University of Calgary.

• Chapter 1 Popular Insurrection and Royalist Reaction: Colombian Regions, 1810–1823Chapter 2 José Nemesio Vázquez: An Insurgent Courier, 1812–1816Chapter 3 Political-Military Regulations that Must be Observed, New Spain, 1811Chapter 4 The War of Independence in Guerrero, New Spain, 1808–1821Chapter 5 An update for the Minister of War on the Military Occurrences of the Kingdom of New Spain during the Month of March, 1818Chapter 6 The Commencement of the Revolution in VenezuelaChapter 7 Aspects of the Civil State of the Castas of Venezuela that Shall be the Object of Improvement to Prevent Potential Ills and Unrest, 1815Chapter 8 Two Opposing Views of Simón BolivarChapter 9 Pablo Morillo, the War, and the Riego RevoltChapter 10 The Guayaquil Conference and Bolívar's Relations with Peru, 1822Chapter 11 Chaos and the Military Solution: The Fall of Royalist PeruChapter 12 "A Grave for Europeans?" Disease, Death, and the Spanish-American RevolutionsChapter 13 The Spanish Army and the Loss of America, 1810–1824

Archer has ably translated major articles and documents, originally written in Spanish, which greatly enrich the volume. . . . The Wars of Independence is an indispensable text for courses on Latin America, wars of liberation, and the military.