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A Wicked War : Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U. S. Invasion of Mexico by Amy S. Greenberg (2012, Hardcover)

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A WICKED WAR: POLK, CLAY, LINCOLN, AND THE 1846 U.S. INVASION OF MEXICO By Amy S. Greenberg - Hardcover **Mint Condition**.

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Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg's skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and legacies. When President James K. Polk compelled a divided Congress to support his war with Mexico, it was the first time that the young American nation would engage another republic in battle. Caught up in the conflict and the political furor surrounding it were Abraham Lincoln, then a new congressman; Polk, the dour president committed to territorial expansion at any cost; and Henry Clay, the aging statesman whose presidential hopes had been frustrated once again, but who still harbored influence and had one last great speech up his sleeve. Beyond these illustrious figures, A Wicked War follows several fascinating and long-neglected characters: Lincoln's archrival John Hardin, whose death opened the door to Lincoln's rise; Nicholas Trist, gentleman diplomat and secret negotiator, who broke with his president to negotiate a fair peace; and Polk's wife, Sarah, whose shrewd politicking was crucial in the Oval Office. This definitive history of the 1846 conflict paints an intimate portrait of the major players and their world. It is a story of Indian fights, Manifest Destiny, secret military maneuvers, gunshot wounds, and political spin. Along the way it captures a young Lincoln mismatching his clothes, the lasting influence of the Founding Fathers, the birth of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and America's first national antiwar movement. A key chapter in the creation of the United States, it is the story of a burgeoning nation and an unforgettable conflict that has shaped American history.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307592693
ISBN-13
9780307592699
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113339487

Product Key Features

Book Title
Wicked War : Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U. S. Invasion of Mexico
Author
Amy S. Greenberg
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Military / United States, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)
Publication Year
2012
Genre
History
Number of Pages
368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
E404.G79 2012
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"Amy Greenberg's original and moving narrative of the U.S. invasion of Mexico relates the gradual loss of enthusiasm for waging what began as a popular war of conquest. How peace ultimately prevailed is the most surprising part of her story."-Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought "No less a warrior than Ulysses S. Grant had good reason to decry the war with Mexico as 'wicked.' In Amy S. Greenberg's dramatic and deeply engaging political narrative, the reader gets the grit of the campaign and rich insight into the fascinating historical actors who stage-managed (or resisted) this all-important, under-studied war. In these fast-turning pages, we see clashes among political opportunists, moments of eloquence and pathos-all under the rising sun of American power."-Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg, authors of Madison and Jefferson " A Wicked War gives the U.S.-Mexican War a personal dimension and immediacy that has been lacking until now. Amy Greenberg makes us live the war vicariously through the lives of the aging patriarch Henry Clay who lost a son in Mexico, the husband-and-wife presidential team of James K. and Sarah Polk, the lanky and somewhat disheveled Abraham Lincoln still learning about politics, and others. This is a rare melding of great story-telling and analysis of an era that shaped not only the United States but the entire North American continent."-Andrés Reséndez, author of A Land So Strange " A Wicked War , with its emphasis on politics rather than military history, does for the Mexican-American war what James McPherson did for the Civil War with Battle Cry of Freedom , greatly broadening our understanding of the war. Certainly Professor Greenberg's book will immediately become the standard account of the Mexican War, at last giving it an important place in the history of the United States. This book restores my faith in the merits of narrative history."-Mark E. Neely, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Fate of Liberty, "Amy Greenberg's original and moving narrative of the U.S. invasion of Mexico relates the gradual loss of enthusiasm for waging what began as a popular war of conquest. How peace ultimately prevailed is the most surprising part of her story." -Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought "No less a warrior than Ulysses S. Grant had good reason to decry the war with Mexico as 'wicked.' In Amy S. Greenberg's dramatic and deeply engaging political narrative, the reader gets the grit of the campaign and rich insight into the fascinating historical actors who stage-managed (or resisted) this all-important, under-studied war. In these fast-turning pages, we see clashes among political opportunists, moments of eloquence and pathos-all under the rising sun of American power." -Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg, authors of Madison and Jefferson " A Wicked War gives the U.S.-Mexican War a personal dimension and immediacy that has been lacking until now. Amy Greenberg makes us live the war vicariously through the lives of the aging patriarch Henry Clay who lost a son in Mexico, the husband-and-wife presidential team of James K. and Sarah Polk, the lanky and somewhat disheveled Abraham Lincoln still learning about politics, and others. This is a rare melding of great story-telling and analysis of an era that shaped not only the United States but the entire North American continent." -Andrés Reséndez, author of A Land So Strange " A Wicked War , with its emphasis on politics rather than military history, does for the Mexican-American war what James McPherson did for the Civil War with Battle Cry of Freedom , greatly broadening our understanding of the war. Certainly Professor Greenberg's book will immediately become the standard account of the Mexican War, at last giving it an important place in the history of the United States. This book restores my faith in the merits of narrative history." -Mark E. Neely, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Fate of Liberty "A well-rendered, muscular history of a war whose ramifications are still being carefully calibrated." - Kirkus Reviews
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2012-019887
Dewey Decimal
973.6/2
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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