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CMH pub volume 75-1
Publisher
Center of Military History, United States Army
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
7) Trailing clouds of glory: Zachary Taylor's Mexican War campaign and his emerging Civil War leaders
Author
Publisher
University of Alabama Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In Gone for Soldiers, Jeff Shaara carries us back 15 years before the momentous conflict he has so brilliantly chronicled, to a time when the Civil War's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War.
In March 1847, 8,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Vera Cruz, led by the army's commanding...
In March 1847, 8,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Vera Cruz, led by the army's commanding...
Author
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Major John Henshaw's firsthand account of the American invasion of Mexico includes not only narratives of the war's major battles but also forceful critiques of military leadership and strategies and vivid descriptions of Mexico's countryside, cities, and people. Editor Gary Kurutz provides extensive annotations of Henshaw's journals and letters"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A critical assessment of the Mexican-American war and its divisive role in U.S. politics also evaluates its impact on the careers of James Polk, Henry Clay, and Abraham Lincoln and how it set the stage for the American Civil War.
18) Wars within war: Mexican guerrillas, domestic elites, and the United States of America, 1846-1848
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Publisher
[TCU Press]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A sweeping history of the 1840s that captures America's enormous sense of possibility and shows how the extraordinary expansion of territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep rift that would bring war just a decade later.
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