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The Hunt for Pancho Villa: The Columbus Raid and Pershing’s Punitive Expedition 1916–17
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On March 9, 1916, troops under the command of Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico and its local detachment of the US 13th Cavalry Regiment, killing 18 people and burning the town. Six days later, on orders from President Woodrow Wilson, General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing led an expeditionary force of 4,800 men into Mexico to capture Villa. What followed was a series of skirmishes, battles, and chases through the wild and uncharted Mexican countryside. While the Americans failed in their ultimate purpose of catching Villa, they did kill two of his top lieutenants. This book charts the progress of the entire enterprise, covering the dusty marches and the bitter gunfights in the streets of small border towns, analyzing the successes and failures of this unique military expedition.
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Alejandro de Quesada
Alejandro de Quesada is a Florida-based military history writer, an experienced researcher, and collector of militaria, photos and documents. He runs an archive and historical consultancy for museums and films as a secondary business. Alejandro has written over 100 articles and over 25 books, including several for Osprey, and is a leading authority on Latin American subjects. He is the author of the following Osprey titles to date: The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection, The US Home Front 1941-45, Roosevelt's Rough Riders, The Bay of Pigs, The Mexican Revolution, The United States Coast Guard during World War II, Spanish Colonial Fortifications in North America.
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