Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Popular Insurrection and Royalist Reaction: Colombian Regions, 1810–1823 Chapter 2 José Nemesio Vázquez: An Insurgent Courier, 1812–1816 Chapter 3 Political-Military Regulations that Must be Observed, New Spain, 1811 Chapter 4 The War of Independence in Guerrero, New Spain, 1808–1821 Chapter 5 An update for the Minister of War on the Military Occurrences of the Kingdom of New Spain during the Month of March, 1818 Chapter 6 The Commencement of the Revolution in Venezuela Chapter 7 Aspects of the Civil State of the Castas of Venezuela that Shall be the Object of Improvement to Prevent Potential Ills and Unrest, 1815 Chapter 8 Two Opposing Views of Simón Bolivar Chapter 9 Pablo Morillo, the War, and the Riego Revolt Chapter 10 The Guayaquil Conference and Bolívar's Relations with Peru, 1822 Chapter 11 Chaos and the Military Solution: The Fall of Royalist Peru Chapter 12 "A Grave for Europeans?" Disease, Death, and the Spanish-American Revolutions Chapter 13 The Spanish Army and the Loss of America, 1810–1824