The Mexican Revolution lasted from 1910 to 1920. Although Francisco Madero managed to overthrow the dictator Porfiro Diaz, he proved to be an ineffective president, who soon lost power. A succession of generals and rebel leaders struggled to gain the president's chair, but the fighting merely grew more destructive until Alvaro Obregon emerged as the victor in 1920. Part V presents newly elected President Madero's attempt to find a peaceful solution to Emiliano Zapata's agrarian insurrection and deal with the danger of a ...
The Mexican Revolution lasted from 1910 to 1920. Although Francisco Madero managed to overthrow the dictator Porfiro Diaz, he proved to be an ineffective president, who soon lost power. A succession of generals and rebel leaders struggled to gain the president's chair, but the fighting merely grew more destructive until Alvaro Obregon emerged as the victor in 1920. Part V presents newly elected President Madero's attempt to find a peaceful solution to Emiliano Zapata's agrarian insurrection and deal with the danger of a revolt by Pazqual Orozco, a key leader during the uprising against Porfiro Diaz.
Cast of Characters:
Francisco Madero Jr.-president, leader of revolt against Porfiro Diaz, former presidential candidate and member of the wealthy Madero clan
Pazqual Orozco-leader of anti-Madero revolt, formerly primary rebel leader in Chihuahua against Diaz
Francisco Villa-rebel leader in Chihuahua
Emiliano Zapata-leader of an agrarian movement in Morelos
Francisco Leon de la Barra-interim president, former Minister of Foreign Relations
Victoriano Huerta-general in the federal army
Felipe Angeles-general in the federal army
Emiliano Vazquez Gomez-former Minister of the Interior, and brother of Francisco Vazquez Gomez, Madero's first vice-presidential running mate
Sources:
Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican Revolution-Frank McLynn
The Mexican Revolution: Volumes I & II-Alan Knight
Mexico: Biography of Power, A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996-Enrique Krauze, translated by Hank Heifetz
Francisco I. Madero: Apostle of Mexican Democracy-Stanley R. Ross
Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War-John Mason Hart
Revolutionary Mexico: The Coming and Process of the Mexican Revolution
The Life and Times of Pancho Villa-Friedrich Katz
Centaur of the North: Francisco Villa, the Mexican Revolution, and Northern Mexico
Emiliano Zapata: Revolution and Betrayal in Mexico-Samuel Brunk
Zapata and the Mexican Revolution-John Womack, Jr.
Ranchero Revolt: The Mexican Revolution in Guerrero-Ian Jacobs
Orozco: The Life and Death of a Mexican Revolutionary-Raymond Caballero
In the Absence of Don Porfirio: Francisco Leon de la Barra and the Mexican Revolution-Peter Henderson
Huerta: A Political Portrait-Michael C. Meyer
Image Credit:
Dec 6 1914 General Tomás Urbina, General Pancho Villa and General Emiliano Zapata, Creator: Casasola, Agustín Víctor, 1874-1938, Elmer and Diane Powell collection on Mexico and the Mexican Revolution, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Wikimedia Commons
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