Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index.
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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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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Short, offhand, killing affair.
International Standard Book Number
0807854050
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.-- History-- Mexican War, 1846-1848.
United States.-- Military life-- History-- 19th century.
United States.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mexican War, 1846-1848-- Influence.
Mexican War, 1846-1848-- Social aspects.
Soldiers-- United States-- Social conditions-- 19th century.