Contents
PREFACE
FOREWORD by Antonio Zavaleta, Ph.D.
INTRODUCTION: From Fact to Fantasy
1 / GOLDEN PRIZES: Land and Slaves
2 / NAPOLEONIC INFLUENCES
3 / THE ULTIMATE FOLLY: Defense of the Alamo
4 / LULL BEFORE THE STORM: Fatal Overconfidence
5 / AN INEFFECTIVE SIEGE
- / IMAGES FROM THE ALAMO: Picture Insert
6 / THE PREDAWN ASSAULT
7 / FLIGHT RATHER THAN FIGHT
8 / THE ALAMO’S MOST BITTER LEGACIES
9 / FLAMES RISING HIGH
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY