Habsburgs on the Rio Grande: The Rise and Fall of the Second Mexican Empire

by Raymond Jonas

The story of how nineteenth-century European rulers conspired with Mexican conservatives in an outlandish plan to contain the rising US colossus by establishing Old World empire on its doorstep.

The outbreak of the US Civil War provided an unexpected opportunity for political conservatives across continents. On one side were European monarchs. Mere decades after its founding, the United States had become a threat to European hegemony;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674258576
• ISBN13: 9780674258570
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"