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Case Study #6

Vera Cruz, 1914

I. The Tampico Incident (briefly discuss events leading to occupation of Vera Cruz)

II. Military means for political ends

III. Operations in Vera Cruz

A. Landing at Vera Cruz

B. Transition from Navy to Army

C. “Full Spectrum Operations” in Vera Cruz

D. American forces depart

IV. Legacy: Funston’s “Memorandum of the methods to be employed in the capture and occupation of Latin-American cities”

V. Significance to U.S. military governance of foreign lands today