Spies, Politics, and Power: El Departamento Confidencial En México

by Joseph A. Stout Jr.

In the decades following the Mexican Revolution, regional strongmen vied with powerful generals and popular rebels for control of Mexico's future. During this era of uprisings, government corruption, and political intrigue, Mexico took its first, faltering steps toward democracy. In the midst of the turmoil, plainclothes agents, traveling under multiple aliases and reporting in code to their superiors, served as "the eyes and ears" of the national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087565438X
• ISBN13: 9780875654386
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"