Lázaro Cárdenas

LOS A OS QUE DEFINIERON UNA VIDA Y UNA IDEA DE PATRIAEn este segundo tomo de L zaro C rdenas. Un mexicano del siglo xx, se relata el periodo central en la vida del General: aqu l que transform nuestro pa s y lo catapult a la historia. Los a os de su sexenio (1934-1940) y de su encargo como secretario de la Defensa Nacional --durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ni m s ni menos-- son analizados con una prosa rigurosa y gil por Ricardo P rez Montfort, quien desmonta mitos del michoacano, de la Expropiaci n Petrolera, de su visi n de la pol tica y de su existencia tras Los Pinos. As , en este tomo II de la biograf a m s documentada de C rdenas del R o se presentan las coordenadas imprescindibles para entender el M xico de hoy, sus luchas y contradicciones

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The years that defined a life and an idea of homeland.

In this second volume of L zaro C rdenas: A 20th-Century Mexican, we read about the central period in the life of the General: the part that transformed Mexico and launched it into history. The years of his term (1934-1940) and his assignment as Secretary of National Defense--during World War II, no less--are analyzed in rigorous, agile prose by Ricardo P rez Montfort, who disproves myths about the man from Michoac n, the oil expropriation, his vision of politics, and his existence after the presidency. In this way, volume 2 of C rdenas del R o's most well-documented biography presents the essential coordinates to understand modern-day Mexico, and its struggles and contradictions.