The War Against Oblivion: The Zapatista Chronicles (The Read & Resist Series) [Paperback]

John Ross (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 353 pages
• Publisher: Common Courage Press (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567511740
• ISBN-13: 978-1567511741
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,086,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ross lets the truth shine through, January 27, 2001

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O. M. Suarez "aerobol" (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The War Against Oblivion: The Zapatista Chronicles (The Read & Resist Series) (Paperback)

I met John a few years when he'd just publish "The Annexation of Mexico." To me, this was essential to understand this crazy, amiable gringo who was so interested in Mexico and loved it so much. Now I know. Hats off for John!! Since the Zapatista uprising many lines have been written on Chiapas. Essays, criticisms, pseudo-investigative reports, and many more were produced by Mexican, US, French writers. I dare say that, at least, compared to all non-Mexican recounts of the uprising timeline, Ross' is the best. Plenty of information, witty storytelling, tongue-in- cheek analysis of the corrupt political arena and its US counterpart (accomplices that is). Ross shuts up all potential (cynical) critics of his pro- Zapatista point of view by putting the uprising on a Mexican History perspective. If you want to know more about Chiapas, beyond the mainstream media blackout, this IS the book. You will understand why the antiglobalization protests perhaps have their roots in that Jan. 1, 1994.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wealth of Information, January 31, 2001

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This review is from: The War Against Oblivion: The Zapatista Chronicles (The Read & Resist Series) (Paperback)

John Ross provides an amazingly well researched and extensive recent history of chiapas. An encyclopedia to the Post Uprising History of Chiapas.