The Mexican Revolution, Volume 2: Counter-revolution and Reconstruction - Softcover

Knight, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803277717 ISBN 13: 9780803277717

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1990

Synopsis

Volume 2 of The Mexican Revolution begins with the army counter-revolution of 1913, which ended Francisco Madero's liberal experiment and installed Victoriano Huerta's military rule. After the overthrow of the brutal Huerta, Venustiano Carranza came to the forefront, but his provisional government was opposed by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, who come powefully to life in Alan Knight's book. Knight offers a fresh interpretation of the great schism of 1914-15, which divided the revolution in its moment of victory, and which led to the final bout of civil war between the forces of Villa and Carranza. By the end of this brilliant study of a popular uprising that deteriorated into political self-seeking and vengeance, nearly all the leading players have been assassinated. In the closing pages, Alan Knight ponders the essential question: what had the revolution changed? His two-volume history, at once dramatic and scrupulously documented, goes against the grain of traditional assessments of the "last great revolution."

About this title

About the Author

Alan Knight is Professor of Latin American History, Oxford University, and Director of the Latin American Centre, St. Antony's College, Oxford.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0803277717
• ISBN 13: 9780803277717
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 708