Bill, Alfred Hoyt

Rehearsal for Conflict: The War with Mexico, 1846-1848

New York: History Book Club, 1947. Book Club Edition. 352, illus., maps, bibliography, index, some wear to boards and spine, slight discoloration inside boards. The author argues that James K. Polk was the hero of the Mexican War. Polk cherished one great ideal (the preservation of the Union), and one great vision (the expansion of the United States to the Pacific Ocean). Condition: good.

Keywords: Mexican War, Mexico, Manifest Destiny, James Buchanan, John C. Calhoun, James K. Polk, Santa Anna, Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott

[Book #54592]

Price: $35.00