The Shadow Of The Mexican Revolution - 1764 Words

In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution by Hector Aquilar Camin and Lorenzo Meyer tells a chronological story of contemporary Mexico from the fall of Porfirio Diaz in 1910 to the July elections in 1989. The time period that Camin and Meyer portray in Mexico is one of corruption, civil war, and failure. While Mexico would undergo an era described as the â€Å"Mexican Miracle† where the Mexican country would begin to see a positive output in the country, it would be short-lived and Mexico would continue to fall behind as other countries progressed. While In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution is comprised of facts throughout history, one cannot help but feel a sense of sympathy for Mexico. While their corruption, political, and economical,†¦show more content†¦This new power that would rule after Diaz would be Francisco Madero. The opening chapter details the shift from the Diaz reign over to the Madero, but it foreshadows the future of Mexico. A president is overthrow n by a leader that wants to change Mexico, but then fails to enact change and fall victim to corruption and war. Madero is voted in as president by an overwhelming ninety-eight percent of the vote, yet as soon as he takes over the office he quickly turns his back on supporters and tries to introduce new conservative figures into the old Diaz regime that failed to make the change he had believed were necessary. Madero would have multiple problems with the the Mexican army and become target for many revolution against him. With Madero’s inheritance of a problematic country he sees his reign cut short thanks to Huerta and one United States Ambassador by the name of Henry Lane Wilson. Wilson would help overthrow Madero since he felt that Huerta would be a better ally to the United States. But, what chapter two would entail would be the rise of those opposing Huerta. We would soon see the rise of opposing forces in the form of Carranza, Obregon, Villa, aka the Men of the North, an d Zappata. This would be the beginning of a Mexican Civil War. While Carranza and company would succeed in taking down Huerta there would still be unjust between the revolutionaries and soon see diffusion amongst