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Title: Affair of Honor Woodrow Wilson and the Occupation of Veracruz by Robert E. Quirk ISBN: 0-393-00390-6 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: January, 1967 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: The occupation of Veracruz by American forces.
Comment: During the Mexican Revolution, Woodrow Wilson needed a pretext to seize the Mexican port of Veracruz from the forces of the dictator Huerta. His basic intentions was to prevent the port from supplying Huerta with arms for his fight with the rebels. In deciding to intervene, he uses the detainment of American sailors for one hour as the justification. Events then slide out of control with the capture of Veracruz. Twenty US soldiers and hundreds of Mexican citizens become the victims of Wilson's policy. This book portrays Wilson negatively, because his policy was not justified. Mexicans remember this event more than the earlier wars with the United States. Although Wilson may have been an idealist, the portrait in the book is of a self righteous man, not capable of understanding another viewpoint. Accounts in the book show the American occupation as being progressive and in the best interests of the people of Veracruz. Wilson returned the port to the rebels after nine months.

This is a nice read for a little known chapter in American and Mexican history. People would be wise to read it, especially in light of the use of American forces worldwide.

Rating: 4
Summary: affair of honor
Comment: Very well written book about an incident in American history that the American Government would rather forget. The book is savage in its accessment of Wilson and the reasons that America chose to interfere in the affairs of another country.

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