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From Follett
Title proper from title frame.;Mode of access: World Wide Web.;Electronic reproduction. New York : Chelsea House, 2010.;Includes bibliographical references (page 154-156) and index.;Crossing the boundary -- "Blood on American soil!" -- War along the Rio Grande -- California and the Southwest -- "Mr.Polk's war" -- Tampico and Veracruz -- "Birds of peace and birds of prey" -- To the Halls of Montezuma -- Weapons and tactics -- "We take nothing by conquest, by God!". Chronicles the causes and events of the Mexican War, from Mexico's struggle for recognition as an independent country to the war's end in 1848, with illustrations and maps, along with information on the weaponry and tactics used.