Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. I. THE DIPLOMATIC VACUUM AT MEXICO CITY 5
5. II. AGONIZING DECISIONS AT MIRAMAR 8
6. III. THE MIXED RECEPTION OF A NEW EMPIRE 15
7. IV. THE IMPERIAL ENTRY INTO THE DIPLOMATIC VACUUM 26
8. V. THE VACUUM IS FILLED 29
9. VI. THE RENUNCIATION CRISIS 39
10. VII. THE ELUSIVE CONCORDAT WITH THE VATICAN 46
11. VIII. ARMY RECRUITMENT FOR THE EMPIRE 59
12. IX. SOME DIPLOMATIC PROBLEMS IN MEXICO 67
13. X. THE WANING OF SEWARD'S NEUTRALITY 75
14. XI. FAILURE OF FOREIGN RECRUITMENT AND DIPLOMATIC DECLINE 87
15. XII. DESPERATION AND THE EMPRESS'S MISSION TO EUROPE 101
16. XIII. FRANCO-AMERICAN PROMOTION OF ABDICATION 107
17. XIV. THE LARES MINISTRY 117
18. XV. THE MARQUEZ MINISTRY 123
19. XVI. QUERETARO 130
20. XVII. LAST LEAVES 134
21. EPILOGUE 140
22. BIBLIOGRAPHY 142
23. INDEX 148