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“I was honored when Leopoldo, Juan Miguel, and Pedro invited me to write this prologue; I eagerly accepted because in Mexico we need many more people like them to carry out monumental dissertational works like this one. I am convinced that in order to write this vast and important work the following ingredients are essential: one, to have an unyielding love for Mexico; two, to have an abundant amount of research material, which they did; three, to know how to narrate their discoveries; and four, describe the events with passion and certainty.” -Francisco Martin Moreno “Now I can see, clearer than ever before, how all stories are connected, and how important it is to continue building the homeland that we inherited so that others can do the same after us.” — PEDRO J. FERNÁNDEZ “Mexico is a country that has everything it needs for it to be a rich, safe, and peaceful country, and be a leader among the world’s superpowers. By reading its history you will understand the reasons why it is not.” -LEOPOLDO MENDÍVIL “Mexico is a vital force; it has impulse and a will to power. But Mexico is also a tragedy, it has a fear of the future, and is insane. The only way to transform a country so contradictory, so full of opportunities but yet with such destructive behavior patterns, is to look at the past with a different viewpoint and give new meaning to its entire history.” -JUAN MIGUEL ZUNZUNEGUI
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“I was honored when Leopoldo, Juan Miguel, and Pedro invited me to write this prologue; I eagerly accepted because in Mexico we need many more people like them to carry out monumental dissertational works like this one. I am convinced that in order to write this vast and important work the following ingredients are essential: one, to have an unyielding love for Mexico; two, to have an abundant amount of research material, which they did; three, to know how to narrate their discoveries; and four, describe the events with passion and certainty.” -Francisco Martin Moreno “Now I can see, clearer than ever before, how all stories are connected, and how important it is to continue building the homeland that we inherited so that others can do the same after us.” — PEDRO J. FERNÁNDEZ “Mexico is a country that has everything it needs for it to be a rich, safe, and peaceful country, and be a leader among the world’s superpowers. By reading its history you will understand the reasons why it is not.” -LEOPOLDO MENDÍVIL “Mexico is a vital force; it has impulse and a will to power. But Mexico is also a tragedy, it has a fear of the future, and is insane. The only way to transform a country so contradictory, so full of opportunities but yet with such destructive behavior patterns, is to look at the past with a different viewpoint and give new meaning to its entire history.” -JUAN MIGUEL ZUNZUNEGUI