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IBARROLA, Bernardo. The rebellion of the Citadel puts in check Madero’s government: the military history to be told about the Ten Tragic Days. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2019, n.58, pp.159-194.  Epub 31-Ene-2022. ISSN 0185-2620.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24485004e.2019.58.70964.

The commonly accepted military explanation of the Ten Tragic Days during the Madero’s presidency do assumes a military superiority of the armed forces loyal to the government and a decision of the Commander-in-Chief not to use them in order to negotiate with the mutineers and so debilitate Madero’s government. This article proposes an alternative interpretation: the mutineers’ possession of the largest arsenal of the country -state-of-the-art weapons whose operation was not fully handled by them- did provoke a standstill that rendered the mutineers defeat impossible and occasioned a pursuit for a conclusion of the conflict through agreement instead of armed combat. Thus, the February 18th military coup that overthrew Madero’s government was the condition for the agreement, rather than its consequence.

Palabras llave : Mexican Revolution; the Ten Tragic Days; Military history; Francisco I. Madero; Victoriano Huerta.

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