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A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
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ROBERT MERRY’S BRILLIANT AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED HISTORY OF A CRUCIAL EPOCH IN U.S. HISTORY. In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America’s Manifest Destiny—extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and... show more
ROBERT MERRY’S BRILLIANT AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED HISTORY OF A CRUCIAL EPOCH IN U.S. HISTORY. In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America’s Manifest Destiny—extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780743297448 (074329744X)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Pages no: 578
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, Biography, History, War, Military, Politics, American History, Presidents, Us Presidents
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For the first time in my presidential reading endeavors, I felt like I might have been better off giving in to chronology. With Polk everything is all Jacksonian this, Jacksonian that, Jackson, Jackson, Jackson. Polk was Lil Bow Wow to Jackson’s Snoop Dog (though they went with the decidedly lamer ‘...
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Robert W. Merry’s book is a study of America’s 11th president within the context of the issue that dominated his presidency. Nominated based on his clear support for annexing Texas, by the time he left office he had added 600,000 square miles of territory to the nation’s boundaries. Merry provides a...
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A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent (Audio) - Robert W. Merry, Michael Prichard
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry, Michael Prichard
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry, Michael Prichard
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry, Michael Prichard
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry, Michael Prichard
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent (Simon & Schuster America Collection) - Robert W. Merry
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A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry
The National Interest (May/June 2013) - Walter Laqueur, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Bruce Riedel, Ray Takeyh, Jacob Heilbrunn, Jordan Michael Smith, James Holmes, Bruce Cumings, Robert W. Merry, Christopher Whalen
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The National Interest (May/June 2012) - Brent Scowcroft, Gideon Rachman, Daniel W. Drezner, Ted Galen Carpenter, Parag Khanna, Alan Dupont, Jonathan Broder, Christopher Whalen, Christopher Layne, Robert W. Merry
The National Interest (January/February 2014) - John J. Mearsheimer, David A. Bell, Robert D. Blackwill, David V. Gioe, Andrew S. Erickson, Michael Lind, David Rieff, Robert W. Merry
Sands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition - Robert W. Merry
The National Interest (January/February 2013) - Robert W. Merry, Paul J. Saunders, Dimitri K. Simes, Bruce Hoffman, Bakshian Jr., Aram, Robert Service, Parag Khanna, Marc Goodman, Jacqueline Newmyer Deal, Julia E. Sweig
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