The Revolution That Wasn't

Almost all the accounts about the Mexican Revolution treat it as one of the great sociopolitical upheavals of the 20th century, in which masses of Mexican people revolted against a tiny elite of feudal landlords, US imperialism and an ancient military dictator. In this pithy, paradigm-shifting history of Mexico from 1910 to 1920, celebrated historian John Womack Jr. invites readers to reconsider the fascinating and complicated story of modern Mexico's founding moment.