The Last Caudillo
Alvaro Obregón and the Mexican Revolution
Viewpoints / Puntos de Vista
1. Auflage März 2011
232 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Kurzbeschreibung
Here Latin American specialist Jürgen Buchenau offers a succinct and revelatory biography Alvaro Obregon, whose faction won the Mexican Revolution in 1920. Buchenau probes deeply into his life and times and sheds new light on the first major social revolution of the twentieth century and on broader issues surrounding the cult of personality and culture of leadership. Using the life story of one of the most fascinating figures in Mexican history, The Last Caudillo offers new insights into the role of leadership, the nature of revolution, and the complex forces that helped shape modern Mexico.
The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obregón, along with new insights into the Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America.
* Features a succinct biography of the life and times of a fascinating figure in Mexico's revolutionary past
* Represents the most analytical and up-to-date study of caudillo/military strongman rule
* Sheds new light on the networks and discourse practices that support rulers such as the Castros in Cuba and Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and the emergence of modern Mexico
* Offers new insights into the role of leadership, the nature of revolution, and the complex forces that helped shape modern Mexico
Introduction.
1: The Background of the Last Caudillo.
2: An Improvised Leader, 1880-1913.
3: Seeking Order in Chaos, 1913-1916.
4: The Path to Power, 1916-1920.
5: The President, 1920-1924.
6: The Last Caudillo, 1924-1928.
7: The Unquiet Grave.
Notes.
Bibliography.
