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9.10- Chickens Coming Home To Roost

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Deas and the Mexican Revolution

In a personalistic dictatorship, the alliance network that binds the regime together runs through a single man. Deas failed to replace Carral as heir and did not have enough political support to entrust him with the future of the regime. The upper rungs of the military were stalked with aging dinosaurs who had never been professionally trained soldiers. As the campaign against Medeiros' guerrilla army dragged on, clashes among senior officers hindered the federal army's response.

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