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1st ed. |
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xvii, 590 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-569) and index. |
| Contents |
Note about place names -- Prologue : war eagle -- pt. 1. La Guerra de Tejas (The Texas War) (1783-1847) -- 1. This young man will live to make his country weep (1783-1823) -- You will be held responsible for consequences -- He left a trail of blood in his wake -- Mexico was born with its back turned -- The age of Santa Anna -- 2. To federalize ourselves, now united, is to divide ourselves (1823-1835) -- We are like children barely out of diapers -- I am not a politician, nor do I like that career -- The Indian laborers upon those farms rarely have enough meat -- The first spends as little as he can, the second spends what he does not have -- What men or what demons they are! -- 3. There can be no concession or compromise (1835-1845) -- My cannon will establish the boundary between Mexico and the United States -- Yet the former grievance was unredressed -- The heart and soul of this emporium of confusion and licentiousness -- Eternal war against Tejanos and the barbarous Comanches! -- Mexico has never been able to protect us -- We have no choice but to go to war -- 4. No doubt she will make some noise (March 1845-March 1846) -- Who is James K. Polk? -- Victory will perch upon our banners -- We are literally a huge body without a head -- Settle over breakfast, the most important national question -- Now I, in her name, solemnly protest -- We have not one particle of right to be here -- 5. Hostilities may now be considered as commenced (April-June 1846) -- A grand opportunity now presented itself -- The danger was imminent -- I had the pleasure of being the first to start the war -- What has this unfortunate country done to you? -- 6. Everything announced a grievous disaster (May-June 1846) -- The sons of two distinct races were to measure their strength -- The most horrible confusion reigned on the field -- Think of one of them shooting a woman while washing -- El Bandido en el Héroe -- 7. Nothing is wanting to make them good soldiers (May-June 1846) -- Not a solitary trace is left to mark the spot -- It would not be a battle but a massacre -- Not one shot in a thousand could hit its target -- No puede Cambiar -- 8. I declared my purpose to be to acquire, for the United States, California (May-June 1846) -- Dispose the enemy to desire an end to the war -- No man can see the end of the business -- I can have no confidence in General Scott's disposition -- The eagle of liberty would spread his broad pinions over the plains -- 9. Operating on the minds and feelings (July-August 1846) -- He will only add to the distractions of the country -- They have forfeited the public confidence -- We have customs which neither the officers nor the soldiers will forego -- They emphatically "made war on their own hook" -- 10. My word is at present the law of the land (July-August 1846) -- An uncertain destiny awaited us -- California will be a portion of the United States -- What child will not shed abundant tears at the tomb of his parents? -- The duty of the government is to afford protection -- 11. Oh god, and this is war! (September 1846) -- A city awaiting a battle is beyond all description -- This little one is like you--do not kill it -- She, who found a martyr's grave, on that red field of Monterey -- Monterey had become an enormous cemetery -- We will not permit ourselves to be oppressed -- Had they not resisted, they would have been unworthy of the names of men -- 12. Where now are those great generals of ours? (October-December 1846) -- Bygones should be bygones -- What has Santa Anna done? -- There it is--the same flag, the same people -- The march of Attila was not more withering and destructive -- The panic was produced by a small party -- 13. History may be searched in vain for an equal march (October-December 1846) -- This is the soldier's fare but I am sick of it -- We feel hungry all the time, we never get enough -- Charge and be damned! -- We may still be, for some time, annoyed by those daily skirmishes -- All are dissatisfied--the rich, the poor, the high and the low -- 14. We do not want for any of you gringos to govern us (January-February 1847) -- The devil is running away with us -- A grosser abuse of human confidence is nowhere recorded -- Who the devil is governor of California? -- I'm for going home to Sarah and the children -- We want your head, gringo -- 15. They were really trying to shoot us! (January-February 1847) -- I'll be d___ if I run away! -- All your wants will be superabundantly supplied -- Finish the battle at one blow -- The army seemed made up of dead men -- The people of these states had a hard time. |
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pt. 2. La Guerra de 47 (The War of '47) (1847-1855) -- 16. Scenes of agony and blood follow one after the other (March 1847) -- Tell old Scott he was going home -- This was no reason why we should have renounced our birthrights -- Nothing could exceed the beauty of this spectacle -- The demoralizing effects must be very great -- The Yankees won't give up firing -- Vera Cruz calls for vengeance! -- 17. Death circled horribly above the clouds of smoke (April 1847) -- Do not think this idea is absurd; it is true -- The mules were wild, the teamsters could not speak English -- It seemed like murder to see men running bayonets into each others' breasts -- Absolutely nothing was saved; not even hope -- Our mountains repeat the cry of war and liberty! -- What is to prevent you from serving us? -- 18. This will all be over very soon (May-July 1847) -- They make a wasteland and call it peace -- I fear that Scott and Trist have got to writing -- This was the kind of fighting they liked and they were good at it -- His vigilance and energy were unquestionable -- No one is brave enough to propose peace --I have not had the means of sending a detachment down to Vera Cruz -- 19. The messengers of death flew about me in all directions (August 1847) -- No quarter to the damned Yankees! -- Mexicans, I congratulate myself and you -- Screaming women ran back and forth like furies -- If we still had munitions, you would not be here -- We are in a strange situation -- 20. The havoc among the Mexicans was now horrible in the extreme (September 1847) -- If I had followed my plans, all would have gone well -- Mexicans, these are the men that call us barbarians -- I am certain that tomorrow we will die -- Treason aided them in obtaining a victory -- 'Twas a day of bloodshed and brutality -- Every night our pickets are fired on and our stragglers murdered -- 21. People are in arms against us (October-December 1847) -- Well and fearfully was his mandate obeyed -- His course is much to be regretted -- They are not to be so much despised as has been thought -- Earthquakes will make the sternest hearts fail from fear -- You can picture the buzz that was about our post -- I will make a treaty, if it can be done -- 22. I was ashamed of it, most cordially and intensely ashamed (1848) -- We are making peace and this must be our only thought -- He has become the perfect tool of Scott -- We do not want Mexico -- We believe that we have made no unreasonable requests -- The hostile Indians have set up a claim to the land -- 23. Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions (1849-1855) -- Did you see those traitors? -- It has ceased to be regarded as a wrong -- Let the earth tremble to its core. |
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pt. 3. Reformas y Intervenciones (Reforms and interventions) (1855-2008) -- 24. Let there be a desert between strength and weakness (1855-2008) -- We shall teach them -- 25. They gave their bodies to the commonwealth -- Notes -- Chronology of Mexico and the United States -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
A war that started under questionable pretexts. A president who is convinced of his country's might and right. A military and political stalemate with United States troops occupying a foreign land against a stubborn and deadly insurgency. The time is the 1840s, the enemy is Mexico, and the war is one of the least known and most important in both Mexican and United States history--a war that really began much earlier and whose consequences still echo today. Historian David A. Clary presents this epic struggle for a continent for the first time from both sides, using original Mexican and North American sources.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Mexican War, 1846-1848.
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Mexican War, 1846-1848.
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Mexican War (1846-1848) (OCoLC)fst01019173 |
| Chronological Term |
1846-1848
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| ISBN |
9780553806526 (hardcover) |
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0553806521 (hardcover) |
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9780553906769 (ebook) |
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0553906763 (ebook) |
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