Wars of Independence in Spanish America

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

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.

• 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