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Informationen zum Autor Jürgen Buchenau is Professor of History and Latin American Studies at University of North Carolina, Charlotte, where he is Chair of the History Department. He is the author or editor of several books on modern Latin American history, including Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution (2007), Tools of Progress: A German Merchant Family in Mexico City, 1865-Present (2004), and In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy (1996). Klappentext In The Last Caudillo: Alvaro Obregón and the Mexican Revolution , Latin American specialist Jürgen 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 Obregón 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 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. Zusammenfassung The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obregon, along with new insights into the Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Preface x Acknowledgments xii Introduction 1 1 The Background of the Last Caudillo 11 From Santa Anna to Díaz 13 The Sonoran Background 22 2 An Improvised Leader, 1880-1913 30 Obregón's Early Years 31 Obregón and the Beginning of the Mexican Revolution 41 Obregón's First Campaign 47 3 Chaos and Triumph, 1913-1916 57 Obregón and the War Against Huerta 58 Obregón and the Clash Between Carranza and Villa 66 Obregón in the War Between the Factions 72 4 The Path to Power, 1916-1920 85 Obregón's Emergence as a Political Leader 86 The Cincinnatus of the West (Part One) 94 The Campaign for the Presidency 97 5 The President, 1920-1924 111 The Construction of Obregón's Political Machine 112 Rebuilding the Nation 118 The Violent Breakup of the Sonoran Alliance 127 6 The Last Caudillo, 1924-1928 138 A Troubled Agribusiness 140 The Cincinnatus of the West (Part Two) 143 The Second Presidential Campaign 152 The Death of the Caudillo 159 7 The Unquiet Grave 164 After the Caudillo 165 An Arm and a Revolution on a Stage 170 A Revolution and a Leader Lose Respect 173 Notes 178 Bibliography 200 Index 210 ...
