In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America’s Manifest Destiny—extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico.
A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent (Simon & Schuster America Collection)
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Author(s)Robert W. Merry
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN / ASINB0057DCVS4
ISBN-13978B0057DCVS6
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Sales Rank55,372
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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ROBERT MERRY’S BRILLIANT AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED HISTORY OF A CRUCIAL EPOCH IN U.S. HISTORY.