A short, offhand, killing affair : soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War /

The Mexican-American War found Americans on new terrain. A republic founded on the principle of defending freedom was now going to war on behalf of maifest destiny to conquer another nation. Through primary accounts of the soldiers and the war, Foos examines its effect on America.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foos, Paul, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002.
Temas:
United States. > Army > History > Mexican War, 1846-1848.
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army
1800-1899
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Social aspects.
Soldiers > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Influence.
Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Aspect social.
Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Influence.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Social aspects
Armed Forces > Military life
Soldiers > Social conditions
Mexikanischer Krieg
Soldat
Sozialer Konflikt
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The regular army and antebellum labor: service and servitude
  • Citizens' militias in the United States
  • Volunteer excitement among the masses
  • Forced to volunteer: the politics of compulsion
  • Discipline and desertion in Mexico
  • Atrocity: the wage of manifest destiny
  • Dreams of conquest and the limits of the white man's democracy
  • Free soil and the heritage of the citizen-soldier.

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