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A country of vast designs : James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009024131-b.html |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Ritual of democracy: the emergence of an expansionist president
- Young Hickory: the making of a Jackson protégé
- Tennessee and Washington: the rise and fall of a presidential loyalist
- The 1844 election: searching for a means of political recovery
- Texas: dawn of a new era
- Polk vs. Clay: answering the question, "Who is James K. Polk?"
- The victor: preparing for the mantle of leadership
- Taking charge: America's zest for grand ambitions
- Annexation complete: diplomacy, intrigue, and the force of politics
- The United States and Oregon: "The people here are worn out by delay"
- The United States and Mexico: divergent new world cultures on a path to war
- Britain and Mexico: playing with prospects of a dual war
- The Twenty-ninth Congress: Polk takes command of the national agenda
- End of a treaty: diplomacy and politics at war with each other
- War: "Every consideration of duty and patriotism"
- Vagaries of war: "And may there be no recreant soul to fail or falter now"
- Presidential temperament: "I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government"
- Wilmot's proviso: transformation of the war debate
- The war in the West: patriotism, duty, adventure, and glory
- The new face of war: "We are yet to have a long and wearisome struggle"
- The politics of rancor: constitutional usurpation vs. moral treason
- Dilatory Congress: the challenge of presidential leadership
- Veracruz and beyond: grappling with Mexico's military defiance
- Scott and Trist: a clash of policy and temperament
- Mexico City: the pivot of personality
- The specter of conquest: "Have we conquered peace? Have we obtained a treaty?"
- Treaty: from Trist to Polk to the Senate
- Peace: California, New Mexico, and the Union
- Final months: "Solemnly impressed with the... emptiness of worldly honors"
- Epilogue: Legacy: the price of presidential accomplishment.