Cross-Border Resistance to the Porfiriato.

Moreover, Hernández asserts that those in the United States cannot comprehend Mexican history without learning about the history of the Mexican Revolution and argues that it was a cataclysmic event that "remade Mexico... [and] also remade the United States" (7). As Hernández underscores, the FBI weaponized against them and other political "radicals" and anarchists to protect US economic interests in Mexico. Lytle Hernández argues that those in the United States cannot understand US history without a knowledge of Mexican history, which is often treated as a footnote in schools. [Extracted from the article]