History Of The Mexican War

Author : Peter Guardino
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674981843

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The Dead March by Peter Guardino Pdf

Winner of the Bolton-Johnson Prize Winner of the Utley Prize Winner of the Distinguished Book Award, Society for Military History “The Dead March incorporates the work of Mexican historians...in a story that involves far more than military strategy, diplomatic maneuvering, and American political intrigue...Studded with arresting insights and convincing observations.” —James Oakes, New York Review of Books “Superb...A remarkable achievement, by far the best general account of the war now available. It is critical, insightful, and rooted in a wealth of archival sources; it brings far more of the Mexican experience than any other work...and it clearly demonstrates the social and cultural dynamics that shaped Mexican and American politics and military force.” —Journal of American History It has long been held that the United States emerged victorious from the Mexican–American War because its democratic system was more stable and its citizens more loyal. But this award-winning history shows that Americans dramatically underestimated the strength of Mexican patriotism and failed to see how bitterly Mexicans resented their claims to national and racial superiority. Their fierce resistance surprised US leaders, who had expected a quick victory with few casualties. By focusing on how ordinary soldiers and civilians in both countries understood and experienced the conflict, The Dead March offers a clearer picture of the brief, bloody war that redrew the map of North America.

Author : Stephen A. Carney
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0160873452

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The Occupation of Mexico, May 1846-July 1848 by Stephen A. Carney Pdf

CMH Pub. 73-3. The Occupation of Mexico is the third in a series of pamphlets on the Mexican War, which was the U.S. Army's first experience waging an extended conflict in a foreign land. This brief war is often overlooked by casual students of history since it occurred so close to the American Civil War and is overshadowed by the latter's sheer size and scope. Yet, the Mexican War was instrumental in shaping the geographical boundaries of the United States. At the conclusion of this conflict, the U.S. had added some one million square miles of territory. The Mexican War still has much to teach us about projecting force, conducting operations in hostile territory with a small force that is dwarfed by the local population, urban combat, the difficulties of occupation, and the courage and perseverance of individual soldiers. This is one of eight pamphlets by Stephen A. Carney planned to provide an accessible and readable account of the U.S. Army's role and achievements in the conflict. Other related products: The Mexican Expedition, 1916-1917 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/node/50877/edit Mexican-American War resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/mexican-american-war

Author : Alison Behnke
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467786393

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A Timeline History of the Mexican-American War by Alison Behnke Pdf

By the early and mid-nineteenth century, many US citizens were moving westward. Some of them settled in the territories of Texas and California, which belonged to Mexico at that time. In 1835 the tension between the two countries turned violent; US settlers started fighting for independence in the Texas Revolution. That conflict went on to ignite the Mexican-American War in 1846. The war lasted close to two years and claimed thousands of lives. In the end, Mexico lost a huge amount of land to its northern neighbor in exchange for money. The war left bitter resentments between the two governments, which now had to manage a shared border, unrest among their citizens, and their own civil wars. See how land conflicts erupted into violence between these two neighboring countries. Track the events and turning points that led to the Mexican-American War, and learn how the aftermath shaped the western expansion of the United States.

Author : Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN : UCAL:$B59698

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History of the Mexican War by Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox Pdf

Author : Nathan Covington Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : California
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024270753

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A Complete History of the Mexican War by Nathan Covington Brooks Pdf

Author : Nathan Covington Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN : UVA:X000530867

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A Complete History of the Mexican War by Nathan Covington Brooks Pdf

Author : Charles M. Robinson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625110190

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Texas and the Mexican War by Charles M. Robinson Pdf

Written for both the specialist and the casual reader, Texas and the Mexican War discusses the pivotal role Texas played in the Mexican War, battles fought on Texas soil, and the contributions—for better or sometimes worse—of Texas troops throughout the war. Since the opening of hostilities in 1846, the Mexican War has remained controversial. Author Charles M. Robinson III describes how attitudes of the era were influenced by sectional, political, and social differences, and, in recent times, by comparison to conflicts such as Vietnam. Robinson draws on U.S. and Mexican sources to discuss conditions in both countries that he believes made the war inevitable. Besides examining the political and military differences, he reveals the motivations, egos, pettiness, and quarrels of the various generals and politicians in the United States and Mexico. He also looks at how the common soldier saw the war. The extensive citations include commentaries on the historiography of the war. The book is profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs, sketches, and drawings, many from the author’s own collection. Besides an account of the war itself, sidebars throughout the book titled “Then and Now” serve as a guide for those who want to visit important Mexican War sites in Texas, northern Mexico, and Louisiana.

Author : Ramón Alcaraz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN : UCAL:$B282178

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The Other Side: Or, Notes for the History of the War Between Mexico and the United States. Written in Mexico. Tr. from the Spanish, and Ed., with Notes by Ramón Alcaraz Pdf

Author : Nathan Covington Brooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Mexican War, 1845-1848
ISBN : OCLC:150516070

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A Complete History of the Mexican War by Nathan Covington Brooks Pdf

Author : Brian DeLay
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300150421

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War of a Thousand Deserts by Brian DeLay Pdf

In the early 1830s, after decades of relative peace, northern Mexicans and the Indians whom they called "the barbarians" descended into a terrifying cycle of violence. For the next fifteen years, owing in part to changes unleashed by American expansion, Indian warriors launched devastating attacks across ten Mexican states. Raids and counter-raids claimed thousands of lives, ruined much of northern Mexico's economy, depopulated its countryside, and left man-made "deserts" in place of thriving settlements. Just as important, this vast interethnic war informed and emboldened U.S. arguments in favor of seizing Mexican territory while leaving northern Mexicans too divided, exhausted, and distracted to resist the American invasion and subsequent occupation. Exploring Mexican, American, and Indian sources ranging from diplomatic correspondence and congressional debates to captivity narratives and plains Indians' pictorial calendars, "War of a Thousand Deserts" recovers the surprising and previously unrecognized ways in which economic, cultural, and political developments within native communities affected nineteenth-century nation-states. In the process this ambitious book offers a rich and often harrowing new narrative of the era when the United States seized half of Mexico's national territory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Generals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036614035

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The Mexican War and Its Heroes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Van Wagenen
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781558499300

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Remembering the Forgotten War by Michael Van Wagenen Pdf

This title addresses the deeper questions of how remembrance of the U.S.-Mexican War has influenced the complex relationship between these former enemies now turned friends.

Author : Justin Harvey Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1610010183

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The War with Mexico by Justin Harvey Smith Pdf

Originally published: New York: MacMillan Co., 1919.

Author : Ramón Alcaraz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
ISBN : OXFORD:590677297

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The Other Side ; Or, Notes for the History of the War Between Mexico and the United States by Ramón Alcaraz Pdf

Author : Paul Calore
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476614854

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The Texas Revolution and the U.S.-Mexican War by Paul Calore Pdf

This narrative history describes the events preceding, and the prosecution of, the Texas Revolution and the U.S.-Mexican War. It begins with the introduction of the empresario system in Mexico in 1823, a system of land distribution to American farmers and ranchers in an attempt to strengthen the postwar economy following Mexico's independence from Spain. Once welcomed as fellow countrymen, the new settlers, homesteading on land destined to be called Texas, were viewed as enemies when in 1835 they revolted against the government's harsh Centralist rulings. Winning independence from Mexico and recognition from the United States as the independent Republic of Texas only intensified the Mexican refusal to accept their loss of Texas as legitimate. The final straw for both sides came when Texas was granted U.S. statehood and 11 American soldiers were ambushed and murdered. As a result, Congress declared war on Mexico, a bloody conflict that resulted in the U.S. gain of 525,000 square miles.