To Conquer a Peace
The War between the United States and Mexico
978-0-89096-331-9 Paperback
6 x 9 x 0 in
528 pp. 16 b&w photos., 5 maps.
Pub Date: 06/01/2000
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Some men in government during the administration of James K. Polk used a four-word maxim to describe the goal of the United States in the war against Mexico, which resulted from years of bickering and bitterness between the two nations. A paraphrase was used even by General Winfield Scott, a Whig and thus a political opponent of Democrat Polk. The words were “to conquer a peace.”
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