First volume of a two-part history of the U.S.–Mexican War by Justin Harvey Smith. It examines the conflict’s causes, diplomacy, and military operations, including the annexation of Texas and the territorial stakes of New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Worth listening as a detailed, documented account of a war later overshadowed by greater conflicts.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
THE WAR WITH MEXICO BY THE SAME AUTHOR The Annexation of Texas Octavo ix + 496 pages By mail, postpaid, $3.00 This is the only work attempting to deal thoroughly with an affair that was intrinsically far more important than had previously been supposed, and was also of no little significance on account of its relation to the war with Mexico. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PUBLISHERS THE WAR WITH MEXICO BY
JUSTIN H. SMITH FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AUTHOR OF “THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS,” “OUR STRUGGLE FOR THE FOURTEENTH COLONY,” “ARNOLD’S MARCH FROM CAMBRIDGE TO QUEBEC,” ETC. VOLUME I New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1919 All rights reserved Copyright, 1919, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and printed. Published December, 1919. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.–Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. TO HENRY CABOT LODGE, LL.D. SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORIAN PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY WHO GAVE THE AUTHOR INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE IN THE COLLECTION OF MATERIAL RELATING TO THE WAR WITH MEXICO THIS WORK IS VERY RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED
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