The Battle of the Alamo is one of the most significant events of the Texas Revolution, as well as Mexican and American history. For Mexican President and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, it was a story of determination and respect for the principles of a strong central government. For Americans living in Texas, the Alamo was a small-scale enterprise of revolutionary ideals; a people should be able to democratically express how they feel their homeland is governed. As we know, both countries experienced extremely opposite results from those desired, even if only initially. The stories of this specific moment are many, although some certainly contain many details that are different from those that follow. However, most can hardly be proven, since almost no one survived the raid, at least on the American side. Those who survived for the Mexican army had to transcribe and translate their story, no doubt missing various details, or simply chose not to record the events at all. Aside from a few scattered letters, the Texas Declaration of Independence, and the small number of stories that escaped from that fateful day, we have almost no documentation or hard evidence of the actual events surrounding those that took place in and around the Alamo Affair. the actual time of the battle was short, its events often vague or at least varied depending on the narrator's perspective, and the arena of the battle was that of a Roman Catholic mission. For the Mexican people, the Alamo would ultimately lead, though perhaps not directly, to the severe reduction of their country's lands and open the door to the Mexican-American War. For Americans, the epic tale of the events at the Alamo would forge myths, convert men into legends, and serve as t... center of the card... d, Walter. 1961. It's time to resist. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press.Nofi, Albert A. 1992. Alamo and the Texas War for Independence. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, INC. Nevin, David. 1975. The Texans. New York: Time-Life Books.Hardin. Stephen L. 1994. “Battle of the Alamo,” Handbook of Texas Online http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qea02; accessed December 2011.Murphy, Jim. 2003. Inside the Alamo. Connecticut: Delacorte Press.Roberts, Randy and Olsen, James S. 2001. A Line in the Sand. New York and London: The Free PressFrancisco Ruiz journal. 1836. Accessed December 2011 via CICERO at http://www2.cicerohistory.com/Cicero/c/7/PrimarySources/DiaryandJournals/02Account OfTheAlamo_FranciscoRuiz_1836.pdf