The Mexican War

by Otis A. Singletary

Book Overview

The Mexican War has long been overshadowed in the public imagination by that most popular of all American wars, the Civil War. And it has been swept under the carpet of national conscience as, at worst, a calculated land grab from a neighbor too weak to defend itself.

Otis Singletary's concise, dramatic account of the war that won the Southwest and California for the United States is designed to evoke in modern readers a fresh appreciation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226760618
• ISBN13: 9780226760612
• Release Date: July 1962
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Great book

I had to review this book for a historical book review and it read like a breeze through the part describing the battles of the war. The political part after the war part was intresting but not as exciting as the former. This is a great read for fans of the Mexican War and even though of the Civil War.

Excellent overview of the Mexican War

Otis Singletary's The Mexican War is a concise and excellent overview of the war. Its greatest strength is the way it brings the personalities and personal conflicts to life. It provides great insight into the way politics intruded upon the prosecution of the war.