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Villa and Zapata Paperback – August 15, 2002

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4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
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A stirring, authoritative account of the Mexican Revolution, told through the lives of its infamous rebel-outlaws: Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata

Villa and Zapata vividly chronicles the decade of bloody events that followed the eruption of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and made legends of the rebels Francisco "Pancho" Villa and Emiliano Zapata. Mexico's was the first massive social revolution of the twentieth century, visiting economic, cultural, and racial strife on a country already exploited by oppressive officials and crippled by poverty, but also offering hope to its people. The ruthless Villa and his army of ex-cowboys in the north and Zapata, recruiting his infantry from the sugar plantations of the south, successfully waged a devastating war on two fronts and brought down a string of autocrats in Mexico City. But the two men failed to make common cause and ultimately fell victim to intrigues more treacherous than their own.
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    492 pages
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    Basic Books
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    August 15, 2002
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    6.25 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0786710888
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0786710881
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"Refreshing....Frank McLynn has plunged into an important episode of the modern Mexican experience--namely, the social and political revolution that rocked the country for some twenty years, cost two million lives and reshaped its institutions."―Wall Street Journal

"A masterful book....McLynn tells a stirring story and tells it so well that you can hear the strains of the Mexican patriotic standard, 'Zacatecas,' as you read it. His is an enthralling work, a page-turner that is sophisticated."―Austin American-Statesman

"In a rare accomplishment, McLynn presents his topic in a logical and understandable manner while also incorporating the latest research. McLynn has produced a judicious analytical account of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. His narrative is lively and witty, leading the reader into this thoughtful study."―Library Journal

"Exhaustively researched....The author makes this informative, insightful study even more compelling with his witty and fluid prose. McLynn grasps so completely and communicates so deftly the nuances of government and corruption...that this book feels less like a history than a great story, as exciting as a Saturday serial Western."―Publishers Weekly

"Vivid....This work has its own charm [and] gives the essence of the period."―Choice Magazine

About the Author

Frank McLynn is a highly regarded historian and the author of more than twenty critically acclaimed biographies, including Marcus Aurelius and Richard & John. A graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, and London University, where he obtained his doctorate, he lives and writes in England.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Basic Books (August 15, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 492 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786710888
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786710881
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
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LRS
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining read
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2020
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Unlike the Book by John Womack Jr. on Zapata this is an easier read. The information is there without all the footnotes. It reads more like an adventure story and is a faster read. Villa has perhaps a bit more exposure than Zapata or any of the others.
Zapata was my primary interest and I was not disappointed in the author's assessment of his role. Zapata form what I have read was the most honorable, and honest of all these people involved in the Revolution. Most of the others were back stabbing power hungry individuals and very treacherous, and that includes Villa.
Some of the feats the author attributed to Villa with respect to his marksmanship are pure baloney to put it simply. The cruelty exhibited by most of these people may surprise some people. Villa once had almost an entire town's population shot. Huerta was probably the worst but even he was nearly matched by many others.
The interference by U.S. is by today's standards shameful. After reading both Womack's "Zapata" and this book, I have a new perspective.
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Ferdinando
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written and fun to read
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2013
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These days you can probably just read a wikipedia entry if you want to "know about" a subject, so a book has to have more than just facts. Villa and Zapata is well worth that extra effort. It is fast-paced, well-written and very informative.

I had a little hesitation before reading this book based on the tile--was it going to be more a biography of Villa and Zapata then a history of the revolution? Turns out not, but, as in all great histories, you get a great sense of all of the big players--not only Villa and Zapata, but Diaz, Huerta, Obregon, Carranza and others--what those people were like and what drove them, and how their personalities played out in action.

A very complicated and confusing period in history made clear and done in an entertaining way. High recommend.
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Thomas R. Urie
4.0 out of 5 stars Villa and Zapata: Goals missed
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2009
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This is a very well written book that covers the subject from a modern view point. This is not a book for a person that has not had a good grounding in 20th centry history. The terms used for discription tend to be based on the English use of the English language at times and not the American version of the english language. It was not a distraction for me but for some it might be. Some discriptions of the principal figures are compaired to persons of like actions in 20th century europiean history, it works well but might be noted in the reference section for those that do not pick up on the reference to the figure described. When spanish is used as a term it fits the passage and is well translated. The photos fit the language and the discription of the action in the book. It is a history book but it is also just a plain good read.
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tom
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent narrative
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2016
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Excellent detail. Bibliography is extensive. A few conclusions could have been stronger with footnotes and rational. The Latin phrases and historical allegory might break the flow for some readers. Of the many, likely hundreds, of books and articles I have read on the Mexican Revohis is one of the ten best and the best synthesis.
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K. Douglas Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, Readable, Wise
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2012
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Highly readable and accurate historical narrative in an entertainingly sardonic voice. Not a hagiography, but neither is it disrespectful of the revolution and its flawed heroes. The author has an instinct for understanding the nuances of the most nasty modes of politics -- and politicians, who, morally hollow and totally self-interested, remind us of the present day.
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Robert W. Detmer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2018
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A wonderfully complete and erudite compilation and analysis of a very complicated piece of Mexican history. For me a gratifying but long slog.
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Vince
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb introduction
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2012
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This is an intelligent and thoroughly researched account. A scholarly and enthralling work. One reviewer here mentions the absence of footnotes: that's true, but the book's final section is a voluminous list, chapter by chapter, of the author's sources and suggestions for further reading. The reader of this book is in good hands.
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Steveg2
3.0 out of 5 stars Well Written with a serious fault.
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2003
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"Villa and Zapata" is a good read and moves quickly along from start to finish. However, I don't know if the reader can actually believe anything in it. It contains no footnotes!
This is a spurious practice in a history book. A Google search for "Frank McLynn" and "footnote" shows that many of his books contain no footnotes, according to their reviewers. Therefore he can make any statement he wants in the interests of a good narrative without too much worry about anyone checking it. Kind of post-modern, this desire to get away from facts and into the narrative.
The lack of footnotes, combined with his prodigous output on a variety of historical subjects, makes his output suspect, in my view. McLynn's bio on the back cover says he is Visiting Professor in the Department of Literature at Strathclyde University. For a lit guy, he seems to write nothing but history and biography.
McLynn lists his favorite books about Mexico in the Guardian and they're all fiction. OK, but where are the great history books, such as Friedrich Katz' definitive "Life and Times of Pancho Villa"?
I would suggest the latter for the serious student of Mexican revolutionary history. It is just as interesting and has footnotes.
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