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

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Author(s): Amy S. Greenberg
Publisher: Knpf
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: 483
City: New York
Tags: American-Mexican War 1846, Caste War, Maya, Yucatan

Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
List of Maps and Images
Introduction
Part One: Polk’s Dream, 1844–45
1 Valentine’s Day
2 “Who Is James K. Polk?”
3 The Upset
Part Two: Mr. and Mrs. Polk’s War, 1845–46
4 Speaking Cannon Fire
5 “The Mischief Is Done”
Part Three: The Crucible of Conscience, 1846–47
6 A Tame, Spiritless Fellow
7 Buena Vista
8 Inscrutable Providence
9 Needless, Wicked, and Wrong
10 War Measures
11 Duty and Justice
Part Four: Truth and Consequences, 1848
12 To Conquer a Peace
13 A Clear Conscience
Epilogue Lineage
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Other Books by This Author
About the Author