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A country of vast designs
Robert W. Merry
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An edition of A country of vast designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent (2009)

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James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent

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In a one-term presidency, Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny -- extending its territory across the continent, from sea to sea, by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln, in Congress at the time, opposed as preemptive. Robert Merry tells this story through powerful debates and towering figures. - Jacket flap.

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Politics and government, Presidents, Territorial expansion, Biography, History, New York Times reviewed, Polk, james k. (james knox), 1795-1849, Mexican war, 1846-1848, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, United states, territorial expansion
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James K. Polk (1795-1849)
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United States
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1845-1849, 19th century

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Ritual of democracy: the emergence of an expansionist president
Young Hickory: the making of a Jackson protégé
Tennessee and Washington: the rise and fall of a presidential loyalist
The 1844 election: searching for a means of political recovery
Texas: dawn of a new era
Polk vs. Clay: answering the question, "Who is James K. Polk?"
The victor: preparing for the mantle of leadership
Taking charge: America's zest for grand ambitions
Annexation complete: diplomacy, intrigue, and the force of politics
The United States and Oregon: "The people here are worn out by delay"
The United States and Mexico: divergent new world cultures on a path to war
Britain and Mexico: playing with prospects of a dual war
The Twenty-ninth Congress: Polk takes command of the national agenda
End of a treaty: diplomacy and politics at war with each other
War: "Every consideration of duty and patriotism"
Vagaries of war: "And may there be no recreant soul to fail or falter now"
Presidential temperament: "I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government"
Wilmot's proviso: transformation of the war debate
The war in the West: patriotism, duty, adventure, and glory
The new face of war: "We are yet to have a long and wearisome struggle"
The politics of rancor: constitutional usurpation vs. moral treason
Dilatory Congress: the challenge of presidential leadership
Veracruz and beyond: grappling with Mexico's military defiance
Scott and Trist: a clash of policy and temperament
Mexico City: the pivot of personality
The specter of conquest: "Have we conquered peace? Have we obtained a treaty?"
Treaty: from Trist to Polk to the Senate
Peace: California, New Mexico, and the Union
Final months: "Solemnly impressed with the... emptiness of worldly honors"
Epilogue: Legacy: the price of presidential accomplishment.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-550) and index.

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James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent

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E417 .M1153 2009

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x, 576 p., [16] p. of plates :
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OL24094209M
ISBN 10
0743297431
ISBN 13
9780743297431
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2009024131

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