Mr. Polk's army : the American military experience in the Mexican War /

Drawing on numerous diaries, journals, and reminiscences, Richard Bruce Winders presents the daily life of soldiers at war; links the army to the society that produced it; shares his impressions of the soldiers he "met" along the way; and concludes that American participants in the Mexican...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Winders, Richard Bruce, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©1997.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Texas A & M University military history series ; 51.
Temas:
Polk, James K. > (James Knox), > 1795-1849.
Polk, James K. > (James Knox), > 1795-1849
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 > History > 19th century.
Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Aspect social.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Armed Forces > Military life
Social aspects
Soldiers
Soldat
Alltag
Mexikanischer Krieg
Krijgsmacht.
United States - General.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Jacksonians at war
  • The American military establishment
  • Mr. Polk's generals
  • The Regulars
  • The Volunteers
  • Tools of the trade
  • Life in Mr. Polk's army
  • Dog cheap to the living
  • The land of the Montezumas
  • Mr. Polk's army.

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