A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict During the Mexican-American War
- ISBN-10
- 0807854050
- ISBN-13
- 9780807854051
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Paul Foos
Description
Through an examination of rank-and-file soldiers, Paul Foos sheds new light on the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and its effect on attitudes toward other races and nationalities that stood in the way of American expansionism.
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