Woodward has presented the field with all that is known, and perhaps knowable, about the figure of Rafael Carrera.

—American Historical Review

This book, Woodward's latest contribution to his decades-long work on the region, is a thoughtful and long-awaited reassessment.

—Historian

[Woodward] uses a wide range of primary sources and furnished the reader with an excellent biography. A significant work in the field of nineteenth-century Latin American history.

—Choice

No previous work on a major figure, movement or country of Central America so thoroughly puts the titled topic to rest. . . . It provides a benchmark from which to orient the isthmian historical terrain.

—Hispanic American Historical Review

Based on extensive research, Ralph Woodward's scholarly book gives a detailed and balanced account of Carrera's political career and conservative legacy.

—British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, The Caribbean, Portugal and Spain