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Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876) is one of the most famous, and infamous, figures in Mexican history. Six times the country’s president, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant—the exclusive cause of all of Mexico’s misfortunes following the country’s independence from Spain. He is also, as this biography makes clear, grossly misrepresented.
Drawing on seventeen years of research into the politics of independent Mexico, Will Fowler provides a revised picture of Santa Anna’s life, with new insights into his activities in his bailiwick of Veracruz and in his numerous military engagements. The Santa Anna who emerges from this book is an intelligent, dynamic, yet reluctant leader, ingeniously deceptive at times, courageous and patriotic at others. His extraordinary story is that of a middle-class provincial criollo, a high-ranking officer, an arbitrator, a dedicated landowner, and a political leader who tried to prosper personally and help his country develop at a time of severe and repeated crises, as the colony that was New Spain gave way to a young, troubled, besieged, and beleaguered Mexican nation.
Deconstructing the myths surrounding Santa Anna’s life, the book offers a fresh view of a critical chapter in Mexico’s history.
Will Fowler is a professor of Latin American studies at the University of St. Andrews. His books include Mexico in the Age of Proposals, 1821–1853, Tornel and Santa Anna: The Writer and the Caudillo, Mexico, 1795–1853, and Latin America, 1800–2000.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations viii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Traitor, Turncoat, and Tyrant xvii Santa Anna's Early Life, 1794-1823 Between the Volcano and the Sea, 1794-1810 3 An Officer and a Gentleman, 1810-1821 20 Liberator of Veracruz, Founder of the Republic, 1821-1823 43 The Making of a Caudillo, 1823-1832 A Federalist on the Periphery, 1823-1825 71 Among the Jarochos, 1825-1828 88 General of Tricks, 1828-1832 109 The Returns of the Phoenix, 1832-1841 The Absentee President, 1832-1835 133 The Warrior President, 1835-1837 158 The Landowner President, 1837-1841 184 A Road Paved with Good Intentions, 1841-1848 The Santanista Project, 1841-1844 213 Our Man in Havana, 1844-1846 238 The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 256 The Autumn of the Patriarch, 1849-1876 The Man Who Would Be King, 1849-1855 289 The General in His Labyrinth, 1856-1876 317 Conclusion: "A Good Mexican" 346 Chronology 369 Notes 391 Bibliography 449 Index 477
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