A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict During the Mexican-American WarUniv of North Carolina Press, 2002 - 223 psl. The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) found Americans on new terrain. A republic founded on the principle of armed defense of freedom was now going to war on behalf of Manifest Destiny, seeking to conquer an unfamiliar nation and people. Through an examina |
Turinys
Introduction | 3 |
Service and Servitude | 13 |
2 CitizensMilitias in the United States | 31 |
3 Volunteer Excitement among the Masses | 45 |
The Politics of Compulsion | 61 |
5 Discipline and Desertion in Mexico | 83 |
The Wage of Manifest Destiny | 113 |
7 Dreams of Conquest and the Limits of the WhiteMans Democracy | 139 |
8 Free Soil and the Heritage of the CitizenSoldier | 155 |
Notes | 179 |
Bibliography | 199 |
Acknowledgments | 217 |
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