Antonio López de Santa Anna

Antonio López de Santa Anna is represented in the linked historical fiction and non-fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, political ambition and government, and family, marriage and personal loyalty. These works approach the figure through the surrounding events, relationships and political conflicts rather than through a standalone biography.

In Jeff Shaara’s Gone for Soldiers, Antonio López de Santa Anna attempts to defend the capital while political instability and inadequate resources weaken the Mexican war effort.

In non-fiction, Antonio López de Santa Anna is discussed in Manolo Palomares’s The Texas War. In Manolo Palomares’s The Texas War, the account follows Mexican operations around Béxar and the assault on the Alamo while providing a contrasting perspective on Antonio López de Santa Anna, William B. Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett.