I think this movie fairly depicts the actual events of the Alamo. Selfish and Egotistical Leadership on both sides. Basically, it was an invasion by Sam Houston and rebel forces into Mexican territory, promising land (640 acres) that was not his to give, before Manifest Destiny became a dogma in 1845, and looking for a position of power and dominion (and property of course) by forming this new state of Texas (Davy Crockett asks Sam Houston, smiling, "Will Texas have a President?"). Lol