| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 284 pages) : illustrations |
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Texas A & M University military history series ; 51 |
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Texas A & M University military history series ; 51.
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| Contents |
Jacksonians at war -- The American military establishment -- Mr. Polk's generals -- The Regulars -- The Volunteers -- Tools of the trade -- Life in Mr. Polk's army -- Dog cheap to the living -- The land of the Montezumas -- Mr. Polk's army |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
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| SUBJECT |
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849 fast |
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United States. Army -- History -- Mexican War, 1846-1848
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United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century
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United States. Army fast |
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Social aspects
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Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Armed Forces -- Military life
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Social aspects
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Soldiers
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Soldat
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Alltag
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Mexikanischer Krieg
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Krijgsmacht.
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United States - General.
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
96037753 |
| ISBN |
058514740X |
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9780585147406 |
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