This post is an official stop during THE IRISH SOLIDERS OF MEXICO Condo Book Tour . THE IRISH SOLDIERS OF MEXICO By Dr. Michael Hogan Fondo Editorial Universitario Also available in Kindle on Amazon REVIEW: It has been said that history is written by the victors, or, as Dr. Hogan exposes, not written. The San Patricios were a small battalion of soldiers; some who deserted the US Army during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, or as the Mexican’s call it, The War of Intervention. American writers if they deemed it necessary to mention the San Patricios, dismissed them as deserters and turncoats. Hogan has uncovered that they were more than that. The San Patricios were in fact Mexico’s “Foreign Legion,” made up of Mexicans, Irish, Germans, French, etc; though they continue to be thought of exclusively as Irish soldiers. Yes, some of the San Patricios deserted the US Army because of racial and religious persecution. They had escaped Europe for America only to...