A FRESH LOOK AT SANTA ANNA.(SHOWCASE)(Review) From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: June 9, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: William Wineke

It's become commonplace in revisionist history for the villains of the past to be resurrected as great patriots and for heroes to lose their halos.

So, it comes as some relief when historian Robert Scheina takes a fresh look at Santa Anna, the general who captured the Alamo, and finds him even worse than first thought.

In "Santa Anna: A Curse upon Mexico" (Brassey's, Inc.: $19.95), Scheina declares "few individuals have cause...