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082	1		_aLAS 972.05 EIS _2
100	1		_aEisenhower, John S. D., 1922-
245	1	0	_aSo far from God _b: the U. S. war with Mexico 1846-1848 _c/ John S. D. Eisenhower
260			_aNew York _b: University of Oklahoma Press _c, 2000, c1989.
300			_a436 p.b : illus. _c; 22 cm.
504			_aBibliography: p. [407]-416.
520			_aThe war between the United States and Mexico, often passed over lightly as a sort of rehearsal for the American Civil War, is dealt with by Eisenhower ( The Bitter Woods ) as an event of major significance in the nation's history. (It was certainly major from the loser's point of view: Mexico gave up more than half its territory in the 1848 Treaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo.) This comprehensive history of the war takes into account the political and diplomatic dimensions as well as the military. The two principal campaigns are traced in colorful detail: Zachary Taylor's battles in northeast Mexico, aggressively fought until Winfield Scott appropriated that general's best troops for his own amphibious landing at Veracruz, and Scott's over land drive on Mexico City against formidable opposition, brilliantly successful despite weak support from Washington. Eisenhower, son of the former president, suggests that Winfield Scott was the most capable soldier this country has ever produced.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aUnited States _x-History _y-War with Mexico
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