Mr. Polks army: the American military experience in the Mexican War

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...

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1. Verfasser: Winders, Richard B. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: College Station Texas A & M Univ. Press 1997
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:Texas A & M University military history series 51
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:XVI, 284 S. Ill.
ISBN:0890967547