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Mr. Polk's Army: American Military Experience in the Mexican War (Texas a&M University Military History Series, 51)
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by Richard Bruce Winders
Sales Rank: 328118
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Cover Type: Paperback with 304 pages
Published by: Texas A&M University Press August 2001
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1585441627
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1585441624
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Card Catalog 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 looks at 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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Reader Reviews
Historian Richard Winder's Polk's Army is a closely detailed, meticulously researched, scholarly and engaging presentation of the daily life of American soldiers who fought in the Mexican War, drawn from a vast amalgamation of diaries, journals, and reminiscences. Polk's Army goes further to connect the army to the society from which it was drawn, and portrays a military undertaking that was a unilaterally shared experience for all ranks and walks of American soldiers, despite their differences in background or politics. Illustrated with some black-and-white historical photographs and drawings, Polk's Army is a superb, in-depth reference for anyone with a vested interest in learning more about a war that forever changed the physical shape and political future of the United States of America.
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