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A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico

Amy S. Greenberg tells the political history of the U.S.-Mexican War through the ambitions, compromises, and reversals of James K. Polk, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln, Nicholas Trist, and John J. Hardin. Her narrative explains how a popular war of territorial expansion became a bitter national controversy. It also reveals the conflict's role in accelerating sectional division and reshaping American ideas about dissent, honor, and empire.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date: 2012-11-06
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 344
ISBN: 9780307592699

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History / United States / 19th Century History / Military / United States Political Science / American Government

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1. Diplomatic Immunity — Historian Amy Greenberg on the Mexican-American WarChecked

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