Invading Mexico
America's continental dream and the Mexican War, 1846-1848
by Joseph Wheelan
The ostensible cause of the Mexican War (1846-48) was a dispute over the precise border between Texas and Mexico, but the actual cause was the desire of many Americans, led by President Polk, to acquire California and vast territories of the Southwest, thus fulfilling our "Manifest Destiny" to extend to the Pacific. Wheelan prepares an easily digestible account of the war itself as well as a useful analysis of its causes and effects. As Wheelan illustrates, the launching of the war generated intense domestic opposition, led by such notable figures as Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and an obscure Illinois congressman, Abraham Lincoln. The American victory did not unify the country with patriotic fervor; instead, it intensified North-South antagonism. Polk is seen here as an intriguing combination of Jeffersonian idealist and cynical expansionist.
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Invading Mexico: America's Continental Dream and the Mexican War, 1846-1848
2010, PublicAffairs
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Invading Mexico: America's Continental Dream and the Mexican War, 1846-1848
2009, PublicAffairs
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Invading Mexico: America's continental dream and the Mexican War, 1846-1848
2007, Carroll & Graf Pub.
in English
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Invading Mexico: America's Continental Dream and the Mexican War, 1846-1848
February 15, 2007, Carroll & Graf
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in English
- 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition
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