The Last Caudillo

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The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life andtimes of General Alvaro Obregón, along with new insights intothe Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America. * Features a succinct biography of the life and times of afascinating figure in Mexico's revolutionary past * Represents the most analytical and up-to-date study ofcaudillo/military strongman rule * Sheds new light on the networks and discourse practices thatsupport rulers such as the Castros in Cuba and Hugo Chávez inVenezuela, and the emergence of modern Mexico * Offers new insights into the role of leadership, the nature ofrevolution, and the complex forces that helped shape modernMexico

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Jürgen Buchenau

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"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 socialforces and political events that shaped Mexico during this criticaltime in its history. The book is also a great companion toBuchenau's earlier work, Plutarco Elas Calles and the MexicanRevolution, published in 2006." (The LatinAmericanist, 1 September 2013) "The Last Caudillo calls in an impressive array of primarysources to render an evenhanded portrait of Obregón as itappropriately casts him as a pivotal figure in the making of modernMexico. ...more specifically, Buchenau taps into thehistoriography of the Latin American strongman or"caudillo" in considering Obregón the last of thatlineage, to come to an end when institutions, political parties,enforceable laws, bureaucracy, "systems" and"networks" overwhelmed--for better orworse--the many vicissitudes of individual power." (The Americas, 1 October 2012) "It is Buchenau's combined analysis of caudillismo, the Mexicanrevolution, and Alvaro Obregon that makes this book an importantcontribution to the literature on this revolutionary figure and thetimes that produced him. Summing Up: Highly recommended.Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 November2011)
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