It's very hard to find good English-language secondary sources on the period. Basically the choice is between liberals, who have a big axe to grind, and variou

It's very hard to find good English-language secondary sources on the period. Basically the choice is between liberals, who have a big axe to grind, and various Catholic whackjobs, who ditto. A comment above links to some of the latter. One exception is Evelyn Waugh's Robbery Under Law (1939), which is fabulous, but only pertains to Mexico. I'd link you to it but Eldred and all that. I am also very, very fond of the great Colombian reactionary Nicolas Gomez Davila: http://don-colacho.blogspot.com/ http://don-colacho.blogspot.com/ I actually prefer reading between the lines of liberal sources, but it's not for everyone. If you want to taste the crack straight from the source, try John Reed: http://books.google.com/books/about/Insurgent_Mexico.html?id=OAMOAAAAIAAJ http://books.google.com/books/about/Insurgent_Mexico.html?id... Don't smoke it all at once...