About this title: Controversial and unpopular, at the time the U.S.-Mexican War divided the country's loyalties more than any event since the Revolution. Abraham Lincoln argued against it in Congress; Henry David Thoreau went to jail rather than pay taxes that would help to finance it. The only public issue that rivaled the U.S.-Mexican War for bitterness of debate was slavery - and slavery played an important role in starting the conflict. But the realities of the time were powerfully shaped by the belief in the myth of "Manifest Destiny" - that the United States was predestined to occupy the North American ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Facts on File
Date Published: 2003-04
ISBN-13:9780816049325ISBN:0816049327
Description: Very Good. Excellent clean condition. All pages and cover are clean. Ex library copy. May have a clear plastic book cover, library stamps, catalog numbers, stickers or other markings. Your satisfaction is guaranteed! read more
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Description: New. Praise for the previous edition: Well selected black-and-white maps and reproductions of old photographs add to the readers' understandings., Journal of Reading Controversial and unpopular. read more
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