About This Book
A critical survey of the literature surrounding the Mexican War, the essay outlines the conflict’s territorial and economic consequences, argues that partisan immediacy and subsequent civil strife obscured calm historical judgment, and laments the scarcity of philosophic, poetic, or novelistic treatments. It assesses existing accounts—military histories, contemporary sketches, and a translated Mexican perspective—identifying several authoritative volumes for further study, critiques partisan and personal biases in many memorials, and calls for future scholars to synthesize newly available sources, draw broader political lessons, and produce more reflective histories, biographies, and literary representations of the campaign.
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