The largest land battles ever to occur on the North American continent outside of the US Civil War took place during the Mexican Revolution, yet there has never been any scholarship approaching what might be called traditional military history, and certainly no monographs that holistically treat the topics of tactics, operations, and strategy—until now.
While a common perception of the Mexican Revolution as a guerrilla war persists, author Joe Lee Janssens draws on access to the restricted archives of the Mexican Secretary of Defense and the use of long-overlooked primary sources to illuminate a scope, scale, and sophistication of operations that is in every way consistent with maneuver warfare.
Covering the rise and fall of Francisco Madero from 1910 to the beginning of 1913, this first book in a fascinating series offers a fresh view of the Mexican Revolution, revealing it as, first and foremost, a crisis within the defense establishment initiated by Madero’s rebellion.
Introducing colorful actors, putting motives and influences (including that of the United States) into proper perspective, and exploring the role of the conflict in shaping the nation of Mexico, Dr. Janssens brings history vividly to life.

Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution: Rise of the Praetorians

Janssens, Joe Lee

History

Revolution Publishing

Part 1 of the second entry in the Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution trilogy, covers the mobilization, institutional beginnings, and operations of the Constitutionalist Army from its founding to the end of 1913. Of particular note are General Francisco “Pancho” Villa’s campaign to conquer Chihuahua, General Álvaro Obregón’s successful Guaymas Valley Campaign, and General Pablo González’s Tamaulipas Campaign. As the scope, scale, and sophistication of military operations continue to increase, the Federal Army expands, reorganizes, and popularizes, forfeiting its claim to professional exceptionalism in the process.

Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution: A Revolution in Military Affairs

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Part 2 of the second entry in the Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution trilogy introduces and analyzes the strategy proposals formulated by the First Chief’s key generals and the Federal Army General Staff in the winter of 1914. Federal Army tactical doctrine and weapons systems—employed by all sides—are also presented. In the ensuing operations, superior Constitutionalist strategy and Norteño defense traditions precipitate a revolution in Mexican military affairs that overwhelms the flawed European model made infamous by Santa Anna, and culminate in such epic battles as Torreón and Zacatacas, a Constitutionalist victory in August 1914, and another realignment of forces in the Revolution. By the end of 1914 the entire country, from Sonora to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the Yucatan Peninsula are brought into the scope of conventional military operations, and the stage is set for the climactic battles of 1915.

Military

By the end of 1914 the Federal Army had been destroyed and the nation was fully mobilized for war. The Revolution Triumphant failed to agree upon a national agenda at the Convention of Aguascalientes and experienced a schism along sectional lines that bore a striking resemblance to the U.S. Civil War. The industrial Northeast and maritime regions joined the Northwest to defeat a powerful military-agricultural complex. In the ensuing campaigns of 1915, Conventionists and Constitutionalists ranged far and wide, fighting battles such as Celaya, El Ébano, and Trinidad, the largest ever to occur on the North American continent outside of the U.S. Civil War. A war effort of such epic scope, scale, sophistication, and speed of operations demanded the greatest attentions of Grand Strategy, and in its wake left the Constitutionalist Army with the institutional rigor necessary for governing. Part 1 follows the Rebirth of the Military-Agricultural Complex up to its high-water mark at the Battles of Celaya.

Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution: The Military-Agricultural Complex

By the end of 1914 the Federal Army had been destroyed and the nation was fully mobilized for war. The Revolution Triumphant failed to agree upon a national agenda at the Convention of Aguascalientes and experienced a schism along sectional lines that bore a striking resemblance to the U.S. Civil War. The industrial Northeast and maritime regions joined the Northwest to defeat a powerful military-agricultural complex. In the ensuing campaigns of 1915, Conventionists and Constitutionalists ranged far and wide, fighting battles such as Celaya, El Ébano, and Trinidad, the largest ever to occur on the North American continent outside of the U.S. Civil War. A war effort of such epic scope, scale, sophistication, and speed of operations demanded the greatest attentions of Grand Strategy, and in its wake left the Constitutionalist Army with the institutional rigor necessary for governing. Part 2 recounts the Death of Villa¿s Army of the North, and with it the last of the great Military-Agricultural Complexes of North America.

The Mexican Revolution started slowly, but after five years major combat operations had spread from the state of Chihuahua to every corner of the nation, drawing in new and varied fighting traditions. The final year of maneuver warfare, 1915, witnessed the largest battles ever to take place on the North American continent, except for the U.S. Civil War.This volume examines the strategies formulated through the Revolution’s many twists and turns, and analyzes the tactics employed in order to explain the rise and fall of Francisco I. Madero, and why and how the Constitutionalists emerged victorious against the armies of Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Emiliano Zapata.

Strategy and Tactics of the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1915

The preeminent military historian of the Mexican Revolution, Joe Lee Janssens, has gone into the National Archives to review the U.S. Army’s declassified Mexico File 5761.Informed by his extensive knowledge of the primary literature, and based on information from archives on both sides of the border, including the Mexican National Defense Archive, Dr. Janssens has judged the character and quality of the intelligence produced by the U.S. Army from 1910 to 1915. He presents his findings in these volumes and produces transcriptions of the documents referenced in the narrative, including never before published photos from General Victoriano Huerta’s Chihuahua campaign and the Tragic Ten Days.The source documents contain details that will be of interest to scholars of military and diplomatic history, railroad buffs, and even climatologists.Volume 1 covers the rebellion and administration of Francisco I. Madero, 1910-1913.

U.S. Army Intelligence in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1915

The preeminent military historian of the Mexican Revolution, Joe Lee Janssens, has gone into the National Archives to review the U.S. Army’s declassified Mexico File 5761.Informed by his extensive knowledge of the primary literature, and based on information from archives on both sides of the border, including the Mexican National Defense Archive, Dr. Janssens has judged the character and quality of the intelligence produced by the U.S. Army from 1910 to 1915. He presents his findings in these volumes and produces transcriptions of the documents referenced in the narrative, including never before published photos from General Victoriano Huerta’s Chihuahua campaign and the Tragic Ten Days.The source documents contain details that will be of interest to scholars of military and diplomatic history, railroad buffs, and even climatologists.Volume 3 reviews the U.S. intervention of 1914 and the Mexican civil war and Texas Bandit War of 1915.

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Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution: Rise of the Praetorians

Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution: A Revolution in Military Affairs

Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution: A Revolution in Military Affairs

Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution: The Military-Agricultural Complex

Maneuver and Battle in the Mexican Revolution: The Military-Agricultural Complex

Strategy and Tactics of the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1915

U.S. Army Intelligence in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1915

U.S. Army Intelligence in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1915

U.S. Army Intelligence in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1915