Osprey's exam of the Mexican military of Santa Anna, from 1821 to 1848. specific info at the Mexican military which fought the Texans within the conflict of the Alamo (1836) and the U.S. military in its first vital international warfare ten years later, is notoriously elusive. during this ground-breaking publication an across the world revered army historian provides a mass of recent details from Mexican files and various different modern assets. For the 1st time the armies of the infamous basic Santa Anna are defined coherently for the English-speaking reader, and their often altering and inconsistently issued uniforms are illustrated with early prints, graphics, pictures of infrequent surviving goods, and meticulous color reconstructions.
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