AHC: A Second Mexican War

Wolfpaw

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With a POD no earlier than January 1, 1860 and no later than January 1, 1901, contrive another war between Mexico and the United States.

Aaaaaaaaand......Go!
 
Napoleon refuses to pull out after the Civil War ends, U.S. intervenes to topple Max?

Then Napoleon would be facing even larger troubles back home. He pulled out to concentrate on Prussia (which still didn't end well for him).

If NapIII decides to stay and help out Max then things back home will likely go worse for him. Max looses France support, Max is still overthrown, by the liberals (perhaps a few months later though), and things continue more or less the same for Mexico (though worse for France).

I think the best way to do this, is to have the conservatives react sooner against Comonfort and the 1857 constitution. Quick background for those who need Mexico enacted a very liberal constitution in '57, Igancio Comonfort was a "moderate liberal" who was elected President, everyone was unhappy after a few months in power Comonfort threw a coup against himself in hopes of re-drafting a new constitution. This led to Juarez assuming power, which led to the Civil War, that led to the Empire, that led to Juarez assuming power in the end once again.

Have the conservatives preempt Comonfort and assume power in '58, and kill off a few liberals. Once this stabilizes you have the conservative, military minded, centralist government you need (skipping over Max) to stupidly declare war against the US for any excuse.
 
With a POD no earlier than January 1, 1860 and no later than January 1, 1901, contrive another war between Mexico and the United States.

Aaaaaaaaand......Go!

Does the war itself have to happen between those dates, or just the event that leads to it?
 
This is incredibly easy. Ignoring the...so easy to find a suitable POD that it seems to have been almost set up by ASBs...situation that existed from 1860 to 1867 (Cortina Troubles, Reform War, French Intervention, etc.); I'll instead say focus elsewhere.

The untimely demise of Juarez or Diaz almost certainly would have resulted in a new spate of revolution and civil war (as it did OTL when Diaz died in 1911); which in turn would have led to border violence (which occurred in OTL during the Mexican Revolution thanks to Villa and others); in turn this would lead to US intervention (like say the Pershing Expedition of 1916-1917 of OTL); which could very easily have led to direct conflict between the US and Mexican armed forces (nearly happened OTL when Pershing asked to attack a Mexican army post in retaliation for a raid that killed several American soldiers)...thus provoking a Second Mexican American War.

Feel free to kill off Juarez or Diaz any time between 1870-1900 to get your war. The results will almost certainly parallel OTL for a while whereupon you'll need to tweak it just a smidgen more to get the desired war. Remember...Have fun with it, and don't worry if it seems contrived, history's like that. (It helps if you can somehow include Teddy Roosevelt, Zeppelins and a Nicaragua Canal.)

Benjamin

Benjamin
 
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