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The last caudillo : Alvaro Obregón and the Mexican Revolution / Jürgen Buchenau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchenau, Jürgen, 1964-
- Series:
- Viewpoints/puntos de vista
- Viewpoints/Puntos de vista : themes and interpretations in Latin American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obregón, Álvaro, 1880-1928.
- Obregón, Álvaro.
- Caudillos--Mexico--Biography.
- Caudillos.
- Generals--Mexico--Biography.
- Generals.
- Mexico.
- Presidents--Mexico--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.
- History.
- Mexico--Politics and government--1910-1946.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- Summary:
- In The Last Caudillo: Alvaro Obregon and the Mexican Revolution, Latin American specialist Jurgen Buchenau offers a succinct and revelatory biography of the man whose faction won the Mexican Revolution in 1920.
- Buchenau probes deeply into the life and times of General Alvaro Obregon and also 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. Drawing on the fascination that Caudillo's rule has held for observers of Latin America, Buchenau reveals its crucial elements, including a macho cult of leadership; heroism in war; intensely loyal followers; and a clientelist system to reward those followers.
- 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. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The background of the last caudillo
- An improvised leader, 1880-1913
- Chaos and triumph, 1913-1916
- The path to power, 1916-1920
- The president, 1920-1924
- The last caudillo, 1924-1928
- The unquiet grave.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781405199025
- 1405199024
- 9781405199032
- 1405199032
- OCLC:
- 676726403
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