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<p>The conflict between the satated ideals of "Manifest Destiny" (the 19th-century American concept of territorial entitlement) and the tactics used to implement it -- which ultimately absorbed, shuffled, and displaced the cultures, communities, and individuals in its path -- is often viewed ambivalently by U.S. citizens. And its victims have virtually been forgotten in American history books.</p> <p>One of these conflicts resulted in the U.S.-Mexican War, which began in 1845 when the U.S. annexed Texas and Mexico reacted to try to protect its northern border. In bloody hostilities that lasted until 1848, the United States acquired a million square miles of territory -- land that included the present states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming, Colorado, and Oklahoma. Mexico lost nearly half its territory. Unique natural phenomena like the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, Yosemite Valley, and Pike's Peak became part of the United States. And the Gold Rush, which might have helped build the Mexican economy, instead became the basis for America's industrial triumphs.</p> <p>The war that President Grant called "the most unjust...ever waged by a stron

Who reads The U.S.-Mexican War?

Author

Christensen, Carol, 1947-

Publisher

Bay Books : Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West, c1998.

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780912333441

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.3 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14