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Mr. Polk's army : the American military experience in the Mexican War / Richard Bruce Winders. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winders, Richard Bruce, 1953-
- Series:
- Texas A & M University military history series ; 51.
- Texas A & M University military history series ; no. 51
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
- Polk, James K.
- United States. Army--History--Mexican War, 1846-1848.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.
- Mexican War, 1846-1848--Social aspects.
- Mexican War, 1846-1848.
- Soldiers--United States--History--19th century.
- Soldiers.
- Mexican War, 1846-1848--Social aspects--19th century--United States.
- Soldiers--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 284 p. ) ill. ;
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Jacksonians at war
- The American military establishment
- Mr. Polk's generals
- The Regulars
- The Volunteers
- Tools of the trade
- Life in Mr. Polk's army
- Dog cheap to the living
- The land of the Montezumas
- Mr. Polk's army.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-585-14740-X
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