Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War
- ISBN-10
- 1585441627
- ISBN-13
- 9781585441624
- Category
- Mexican War, 1846-1848
- Pages
- 284
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-05
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Author
- Richard Bruce Winders
Description
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.
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Other editions
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- 1997
- 284 pages
- Paperback
- Texas A&M University Press
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