Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War,1846-1848 by James M. McCaffrey (review)

Authors

Joseph E. Chance, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

4-1993

Abstract

May 13, 1996, marks the sesquicentennial anniversary of the United States' declaration of war against Mexico. Interest in a modern reassessment popular war of conquest is beginning to stir throughout both Hidalgo County Historical Museum has mounted an important and a bill to create a military park at Palo Alto has been introduced In fact, the prospect of a free trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico acted as a catalyst to stimulate a more general and deeper interest and culture of the borderlands.

Comments

Original published version available at www.jstor.org/stable/30242059

Recommended Citation

Chance, Joseph E. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, vol. 96, no. 4, 1993, pp. 609–610. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/30242059.

First Page

609

Last Page

610

Publication Title

Southwestern Historical Quarterly