Invading Mexico: America's Continental Dream and the Mexican War, 1846-1848

by Joseph Wheelan

Book Overview

Popular historian Joseph Wheelan recounts James Polk's strategy of last resort for prying California away from Mexico. He had tried to buy it; he had instructed his agents to encourage a settlers'... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078671719X
• ISBN13: 9780786717194
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.6" x 9.5"