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Sage Books [Published date: 1973], Soft cover, 244 pp. Stated First Edition, First Printing.
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In very good condition. Red, blue and green illustrated paper covers have very light bumping to edges and corners and light overall rubbing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. [from back cover] A typical Instructor's Manual for an American history survey text carries this multiple - choice question: "President James K. Polk deliberately provoked war with Mexico in order to acquire (a) New Mexico (b) California (c) the entire Southwest." There is no asking if Polk started the war; the only question is the amount of territory he intended to acquire. Many persons are still faulting the United States for a conflict which began in April, 1846, lasted almost two years, cost thousands of lives and millions of dollars, and re-charted the map of the Southwest. It is past time that we revised our understanding of the Mexican War. It was in reality the last act, not the first, in a drama begun many, many, years earlier. The hard facts reveal much greater complexity than textbooks and politicians often give us about the war. Faulk and Stout have collected recent articles which will sharpen our perspective on the role of the Texas Rangers, of sectionalism, of crony diplomats, of the U. S. Navy, of public opinion, and many other aspects of the origin and conduct of the Mexican War. Contents include: Introduction, by Odie B. Faulk and Joseph A. Stout, Jr.; California ports : a key to west coast diplomacy, 1820-1845, by Sister Magdalen Coughlin, C.S.J.; The deterioration of diplomatic relations, 1833-1845, by Curtis R. Reynolds; A. Butler: what a scamp!, by Joe Gibson; The Santangelo case: a controversial claim, by Lowell L. Blaisdell; Sectionalism and political fragmentation, by John R. Collins; The whig abolitionists' attitude, by Cheryl Haun; Jones at Monterey, 1842, by James High; The superiority of American artillery, by Donald E. Houston; Soldering, suffering, and dying, by Thomas R. Irey; Los diablos tejanos: the Texas Rangers, by Stephen B. Oates; Governor Armijo's moment of truth, by Daniel Tyler; The Pacific Squadron off California by Oakah L. Jones, Jr.; U.S. Military Forces in California by D.E. Livingston-Little; The "All-Mexico" Movement by Paul F. Lambert; Nicholas P Trist: Treaty-Maker by Kenneth M. Johnson; Post-War Filibustering, 1850 - 1865 by Joseph a. Stout, Jr; Changing Interpretations of teh Mexican war, 1846 - 1970 by Seymour V. Connor; Referrences; Contributions Index; Maps