Her account is equal parts history, apologia, and reportage, and explains everything from why Rick Perry wasn't really advocating for secession to how the repressiveness of Reconstruction in Texas sowed the seeds of the state's aversion to big government.
Second, and partly for that reason, there is far less international support for the secession of other regions.
In the run-up to secession, the editor of the Sherman Patriot newspaper had even called for the secession of North Texas from Texas itself.
The widely criticized deal gave succor to a nascent violent struggle for the secession of the portion of Kashmir that is controlled by India.
He had an elaborate scheme for the secession of his native California, featuring himself as the head of a military coup.
Jenkins said of the executions that the Saudis would argue that most of those killed had taken up arms against the state, had called for the secession of the eastern province, or had disclaimed loyalty to the Saudi state.
Mr. Stone, a Republican who has been so critical of the Democratic-controlled Legislature that he has called for the secession of the eastern part of the state, said the state's plan amounted to a "partially unfunded" mandate.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An inflammatory call by an American congressman for the secession of Pakistan's largest province has sparked uproar in the country, injecting fresh complications into stalled efforts to restart diplomatic relations between Washington and Islamabad.
He was opposed to the Mexican war, and it is well known that his firmness on the subject of the extension of slavery in the territories was the immediate motive for the secession of the South.
Soon afterwards, to confirm the "seriousness" of the programme, the former minister Roberto Calderoli said that, from now on, all members of the Northern League, when they renewed their party membership, would have to swear solemnly to fight for the secession of Padania.
