Description: The Conquest of Mexico is a legendary chapter in the annals of military history. Accounts vary, but all portray the fall of the Aztec Empire as a super-human feat achieved against hordes of superstitious savages by only a few hundred Spaniards armed with superior weaponry and guided by the military genius of Cortes. Nevertheless, as heroic as this legend has been portrayed in popular writing, the reality of those events is even more astounding. This volume explodes the myth of the Conquest of the New World by examining what factors led to the emergence of the Spanish citizen-soldier as the most effective killer Europe had seen since the Roman legionnaire. The author seeks to shed light on Cortes and his highly-trained men, as well as their finely-tuned killing methods. He examines how the machine of war had evolved so far that a new campaign almost had to be found to keep the hordes of soldiers occupied. The volume also gives a "soldier's eye view" of the Conquest, through the story of one of the many foot soldiers, who felt compelled to write down his experiences in later years.
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EAN: 9781841761756
UPC: 9781841761756
ISBN: 9781841761756
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Conquistador : 1492-1550
Number of Pages: 64 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Item Height: 0.1 in
Topic: Latin America / Mexico, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Publication Year: 2001
Illustrator: Hook, Adam, Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 7.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.7 in
Author: John Pohl
Item Width: 7.2 in
Book Series: Warrior Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
