Alejandro Quintana

Pancho Villa: A Biography provides a compelling life story full of adventure, the events of which helped define the course of modern Mexico. Through the lens of Villa's personal experience, author Alejandro Quintana offers an appealing, accessible interpretation of the complex turn of events that mostra altro define the violence, confusion, chaos, and transformation in Mexico between 1878 and 1923. Organized chronologically, the book details the social tensions under the ruthless rule of dictator Porfirio Diaz; documents how Villa became the most powerful military leader of the revolution; analyzes the civil war that resulted from Villa's differences with the revolutionary political leadership; and describes the reasons for his decline and eventual assassination. mostra meno