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Chargement... Goliad: The Other Alamopar William Bradle
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A little Texas history to flavor the mix. I've heard of Goliad (what Texan hasn't), but I wasn't familiar with the whole story. the Alamo in San Antonio gets most of the press. Bradle does an excellent job of telling the tale of the Texas Revolution in all its stages. He includes the mistakes, the glory, and the pure luck of a band of adventurers who created a new republic. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Personal stories of tragedy, bravery, ego, and cowardice in this often-overlooked battle for Texas independence. This fast-moving narrative presents the struggles of the participants, both Texan and Mexican, and reveals the overriding egos and bad planning on both sides of the war. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Instead, the commanders of the various rebel units felt safer fighting from inside “forts” such as the Alamo even though they were not fortresses and Mexican cannon would make short work of them. In Bradle’s analysis, this was the main reason the Alamo was a defeat.
Fortress Goliad was also not a true fort and when its rebel commander, James Fannin realized it, he fled its confines only to make the mistake of under estimating the abilities of the Mexican army and finding his command on an open plain facing 1000’s with his few 100’s.
The final battle at San Jacinto lasts 18 minutes and frees Texas because Houston developed a strategy of delay so he could train his troops and put General Santa Anna in a location that would put the battle situation in the Texan favour.
Bradle presents great detail including brief biographies of individuals as they appear in the narrative. If he has been able to ascertain what happened to them, he includes the information. This is a very entertaining study of the early history of the Lone Star State. If the reader wishes to read about it in more depth, an extensive bibliography is included.