The Mexican Revolution: Part XIII-President Alvaro Obregon

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 XIII explores Obrego's efforts to rebuild Mexico, including negotiating peace with all of the rebel factions. In addition, he had to deal with American refusal to recognize his regime.

Cast of Characters:
Alvaro Obregon-President of Mexico, formerly a leading general in Carranza's Constitutionalist army
Benjamin Hill-Secretary of War, key ally of Obregon, formerly leading general in Carranza's Constitutionalist Army
Plutarco Elias Calles-Secretary of the Interior, key ally of Obregon, formerly governor of Sonora, Secretary of Industry, Commerce and Labor under President Carranza 
Adolfo de la Huerta- Secretary of the Treasury, key ally of Obregon, formerly governor of Sonora
Francisco Villa-rebel leader in Chihuahua, his followers are called villistas
Gildardo Magana-Emilano Zapata's successor as leader of the zapatistas
Felix Diaz-repeat rebel, Porfiro Diaz's nephew, his followers are called felicistas
Manuel Palaez-rebel leader in Tampico, funded by oil companies in exchange for security

Sources:
Villa and Zapata: A Biography of the Mexican Revolution-Frank McLynn
The Mexican Revolution: Volumes I & II-Alan Knight
The Mexican Revolution 1910-1940-Michael J. Gonzales
Mexico: Biography of Power, A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996-Enrique Krauze, translated by Hank Heifetz
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
Alvaro Obregon: Power and Revolution in Mexico, 1911-1920-Linda B. Hall
The Last Caudillo: Alvar Obregon and the Mexican Revolution-Jurgen Buchenau
The Secret War in Mexico: Europe, the United States and the Mexican Revolution-Friedrich Katz
Felix Diaz, the Porfirians, and the Mexican Revolution-Peter V. N. Henderson
Oil and Revolution in Mexico-Jonathan C. Brown
Oil, Banks and Politics: The United States and Postrevolutionary Mexico, 1917-1924-Linda B. Hall
Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny-Margaret Leslie Davis
Wilson-A. Scott Berg

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