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Pancho Villa's Revolution by Headlines

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This book is concerned with the organized efforts of the Villistas to influence public and governmental opinion in "El norte", the big source of arms and cash needed for mounting an organized military campaigns. During the struggle against the usurper Huerta, and the subsequent fractionating of the revolutionary movement into Carranzistas, Villistas, and Zapatistas, Viila was still popular with the American public.
Of the three major groups of adherents, no one really controlled many of the local chieftans and the allegiances and loyalties of many of the local warlords changed as advantage shifted from the Villistas in early 1915 to the Carranzistas led by Alvaro Obregon.
By the fall of 1915 Villa's troops had been thoroughly defeated at Agua Prieta, Sonora, by Gen. Calles, and subsequently had dispersed into the hills, emerging in March to attack Columbus, NM. By that time the propaganda battle had been lost as well and his press organizations had been dispersed.
In summary, this is a highly detailed study meant for the specialist and not for the general public. For that I still recommend John S.D. Eisenhower's book. See my review on this site.