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The Last Caudillo

Name: The Last Caudillo
Author: Jürgen Buchenau

Alvaro Obregon and the Mexican Revolution

Jürgen Buchenau

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21,99 €

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John Wiley & Sons

Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte

Beschreibung

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

Rezensionen

(The Latin Americanist, 1 September 2013)
"The Last Caudillo is a fine biography of Alvaro Obregon, as well as an excellent overview of the Mexican Revolution. Students will come away with a good understanding of the social forces and political events that shaped Mexico during this critical time in its history. The book is also a great companion to Buchenau's earlier work, Plutarco Elas Calles and the Mexican Revolution, published in 2006."

(The Americas, 1 October 2012)
"The Last Caudillo calls in an impressive array of primary sources to render an evenhanded portrait of Obregón as it appropriately casts him as a pivotal figure in the making of modern Mexico. ...more specifically, Buchenau taps into the historiography of the Latin American strongman or "caudillo" in considering Obregón the last of that lineage, to come to an end when institutions, political parties, enforceable laws, bureaucracy, "systems" and "networks" overwhelmed--for better or worse--the many vicissitudes of individual power."

(Choice, 1 November 2011)
"It is Buchenau's combined analysis of caudillismo, the Mexican revolution, and Alvaro Obregon that makes this book an important contribution to the literature on this revolutionary figure and the times that produced him. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."

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