The Mexican Revolution

Description

The Mexican Revolution was the first great popular upheaval of the 20th century, beginning modestly as an attempt to reform the state, but building into a complex and violent struggle. Adolfo Gilly has written the definitive study of a critical stage in Mexico's history. The Mexican Revolution is the classic account of the revolution that set the stage for a century of socialist revolt.

Adolfo Gilly is a professor of history at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). He has written numerous books on the history and politics of Mexico and Latin America, including Inside the Cuban Revolution and Chiapas and the Rebellion of the Enchanted World. He lives in Mexico City.

Mexicans! Such is our simple plan, which will triumph in some form after the true victory of freedom. We shall be persecuted, perhaps even riddled with bullets. But it does not matter, so long as hope beats in our chest!