Mexican War, 1846-1848 (Revised)

This story tells of the Mexican war, and shows a fair side to both the Mexicans and the Americans. This is an outstanding contribution to military history and model of writing which will be admired and emulated.

About the author

K. Jack Bauer was also the author of Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest (1985) and Other Works. Robert W. Johannsen, who introduces this Bison Books edition of The Mexican War, is a professor of history at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and the author of To the Halls of Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination (1985).

Summary

Leading personalities, civilian and military, Mexican and American, are given incisive and fair evaluations. The coming of war is seen as unavoidable, given American expansion and Mexican resistance to loss of territory, compounded by the fact that neither side understood the other. This book deals with this topic.

Product details

• Authors: K Jack Bauer, K. Jack Bauer
• Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1992
• EAN: 9780803261075
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-6107-5
• No. of pages: 486
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Militärgeschichte, Süd- und Zentralamerika (inklusive Mexiko), Lateinamerika, HISTORY / Military / General, History - Military / War, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico