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gpkgto

Dec 13, 2010, 10:26 AM

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The US Army on the Mexican Border: A Historical Perspective

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I haven't had a chance to read this yet, but it looks interesting:

The US Army on the Mexican Border: A Historical Perspective
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA472386&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

richmx2

Dec 13, 2010, 1:30 PM

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Matthews' study was invaluable to me when writing Mexican history. I had misplaced my "hard copy" (and the Combat Studies Institute no longer provides printed copies to non-military personnel), so many thanks for the link. If anyone else is having trouble with the MexConnect link, try http://www.cgsc.edu/...bs/Matthews_op22.pdf

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raferguson

Dec 13, 2010, 3:35 PM

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Interesting. I have only read the part about 1911-1919, but had never heard before of the Plan of San Diego, a plan for insurrection of Mexican-Americans.

The length is more or less a book, so not a short read.

The US military has a long tradition of writing books and detailed analysis of past conflicts, in an attempt to learn from the past.

Richard

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Maxmilliano

Dec 14, 2010, 6:41 AM

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Yes indeed thank you. It looks very interesting and I look forward to reading it. I enjoy putting these kind downloads on my Kindle to read when I have some more time.

richmx2

Dec 14, 2010, 12:13 PM

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Well, yeah, the Plan of San Diego could be described as "a plan for insurrection of Mexican-Americans", but only in the same way some old MeCHA document might be described as a "plan for Mexico to take back the lands lost in 1848". As Matthews (and other historians) make clear, the "Plan" was nothing more than a "creative writing project" by a couple of convicts... it's importance being that it was used in south Texas to justify (and foment) violence against Mexican and Mexican Americans and was a factor in the U.S. troop buildup in south Texas.

The analogy in our day might the uproar over false reports that Al Qaida operatives were coming across the U.S. border disguised as Mexican emigres... justifying a larger federal presence on the border to assure those who took Lou Dobbs and/or FOX news seriously. The alarmist and xenophobic media in those days was limited to newspapers, but the Taft and Wilson administrations weren't all that different than the Bush and Obama ones in responding militarily along the border, more in response to media-fueled fears than any real security threat.

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