[PDF] A Strategic Examination Of The Punitive Expedition Into Mexico 1916 1917 eBook

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Release : 2003
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This thesis examines the strategy of the United States Army's Punitive Expedition into Mexico following the raid on Columbus, New Mexico, by Francisco Pancho Villa and his followers on 9 March 1916. In analyzing this topic, the thesis focuses on the roles and inter-relationship of the three men most responsible for the strategic direction of the campaign. President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker, and Chief of Staff of the Army Hugh Scott all played essential roles in the formation, conduct, and ultimate outcome of the expedition. This study analyzes the orders authorizing the expedition, and the limitations placed on the actions of the U.S. forces in Mexico by President Wilson and War Department officials. This study concludes that the Punitive Expedition, although largely an operational success, was a strategic miscalculation and the potential benefits of the operation did not outweigh the risks of triggering a general war with Mexico. A major war with Mexico was narrowly averted on two occasions by the actions of Major General Scott and the steadfast determination of President Wilson.

Author : Charles J. Dorsey
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Mexico
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This study examines the political-military insights offered by the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 10 March 1916 to 5 February 1917. This thesis uncovers these insights by examining how Major General Frederick Funston, commander of the United States Southern Department, and Brigadier General John J. Pershing, commander of the Punitive Expedition, in conjunction with the Department of War and the Department of State within the Wilson Administration, planned and conducted this nearly year-long campaign. This study examines how Funston and Pershing planned and conducted a military campaign in a country with which the United States was not at war, as well as a campaign characterized by numerous restraints placed upon its operations by the Wilson Administration. As such, this study highlights several important insights into the nature of an operation in a restrictive environment, to include the importance of establishing clearly defined and achievable objectives, establishing and maintaining legitimacy, maintaining perseverance, establishing unity of effort, operating with restraint, and continuously maintaining security of friendly forces.

Author : Joseph Franklin Moffett
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Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Mexican-American Border Region
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"This account of the American Punitive Expedition is attempted after a full year's study and research, and is the result of a topic chosen for a history seminar course at New Mexico State Teachers' College." The author lived in Colonia Dublan, Mexico when Villa proceeded northward for his attack upon United States territory, and when he made his retreat to the south after his defeat at Columbus, New Mexico. Moffett lived near the expedition's main base camp for the duration of their stay in Mexico.