Sons of the Mexican Revolution - (Diálogos) by Ryan M Alexander

About the Book

Using a wide array of new archival sources, Alexander demonstrates that the transformative political decisions made by civilian government officials, after the 1946 election, represented both their collective values as a generation and their effort to adapt those values to the realities of the Cold War.

Book Synopsis

Using a wide array of new archival sources, Alexander demonstrates that the transformative political decisions made by civilian government officials, after the 1946 election, represented both their collective values as a generation and their effort to adapt those values to the realities of the Cold War.

Review Quotes

A must-read for the growing number of scholars working on the 1940s and early 1950s. The analysis and archival research will help scholars understand the early Cold War era in Latin America before the Cuban Revolution from a valuable new perspective.
--Ben Fallaw, author of Religion and State Formation in Postrevolutionary Mexico

Alexander ably organizes a narrative that maps the road Alemán and his circle of associates traveled. . . . An informed interpretation on the ways a regime underwent development in midcentury and its importance to the United States.
--New Mexico Historical Review

About the Author

Ryan M. Alexander is an assistant professor of history at SUNY Plattsburgh.