Examines the political aspects and influences of America's offensive war against Mexico (view table of contents)

Product Description: An account of a short war that had far-reaching consequences for both Mexico and the United States.

Product Description: Why was the Mexican-American War so important in the formation of the modern United States? Could Texas have survived as an independent nation or part of Mexico? This book seeks to relate the overall events and chronology of the war and shows its impact on everyday lives.

Product Description: This narrative history describes the events preceding, and the prosecution of, the Texas Revolution and the U.S.-Mexican War. It begins with the introduction of the empresario system in Mexico in 1823, a system of land distribution to American farmers and ranchers in an attempt to strengthen the postwar economy following Mexico's independence from Spain...read more

Product Description: This book is part of the America at War series and examines the role of the United States in the Mexican American War.