What are "bad Mexicans"? "They were the poor men and women, mostly miners, farmworkers, and cotton pickers, many of them displaced from Mexico when the President Diaz gave their land to foreign investors. They wanted their land back and they were willing to fight for it. For challenging his rule, the Diaz administration dubbed them 'malos Mexicanos' (bad Mexicans)."

It is obvious that this book was meticulously researched, it is incredibly informative, but from the perspective of someone new to reading about Mexican history, there was a lot to keep up with. Nevertheless, it is an interesting history of the 1910 Mexican revolution and of Mexican American relations.