02624nam 2200589 a 450 991082426230332120230207223220.0979-88-908739-2-70-8078-6200-2(CKB)111087027917590(EBL)413281(OCoLC)476236667(SSID)ssj0000245630(PQKBManifestationID)11188758(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245630(PQKBWorkID)10176851(PQKB)10847969(Au-PeEL)EBL413281(CaPaEBR)ebr10202621(CaONFJC)MIL930800(MiAaPQ)EBC413281(EXLCZ)9911108702791759020011226d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA short, offhand, killing affair soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War /Paul FoosChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20021 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5405-0 0-8078-2731-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index.Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3 -- 1 The Regular Army and Antebellum Labor: Service and Servitude 13 -- 2 Citizens' Militias in the United States 31 -- 3 Volunteer Excitement among the Masses 45 -- 4 Forced to Volunteer: The Politics of Compulsion 61 -- 5 Discipline and Desertion in Mexico 83 -- 6 Atrocity: The Wage of Manifest Destiny 113 -- 7 Dreams of Conquest and the Limits of the White Man's Democracy 139 -- 8 Free Soil and the Heritage of the Citizen-Soldier 155.The Mexican-American War found Americans on new terrain. A republic founded on the principle of defending freedom was now going to war on behalf of maifest destiny to conquer another nation. Through primary accounts of the soldiers and the war, Foos examines its effect on America.Mexican War, 1846-1848Social aspectsSoldiersUnited StatesSocial conditions19th centuryMexican War, 1846-1848InfluenceMexican War, 1846-1848Social aspects.SoldiersSocial conditionsMexican War, 1846-1848Influence.973.6/28Foos Paul1959-1664107MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824262303321A short, offhand, killing affair4021981UNINA