Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican WarTexas A&M University Press, 1997 - 284 páginas 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 War shared a common experience, no matter their rank or place of service. Taking a "new" military history approach, Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War examines the cultural, social, and political aspects of the regular and volunteer forces that made up the army of 1846-48, presents the organizational framework of the army, and introduces the different styles of leadership exhibited by Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. |
Contenido
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The American Military Establishment | 15 |
Mr Polks Generals | 32 |
The Regulars | 50 |
The Volunteers | 66 |
Tools of the Trade | 88 |
Life in Mr Polks Army | 113 |
Dog Cheap to the Living | 139 |
The Land of the Montezumas | 167 |
Mr Polks Army | 186 |
A Pyrrhic Victory | 202 |
Notes | 207 |
Bibliography | 255 |
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Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War Richard Bruce Winders Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |
Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War Richard Bruce Winders Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |
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