01574cam a2200253 4500 681427770 TxAuBib 090102s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008055701 9780553806526 hardcover 0553806521 hardcover 9780553906769 ebook 0553906763 ebook (OCoLC)298112231 DLC DLC YDXCP BTCTA RLS BUR JQF WIM C#P DLC TxAuBib Clary, David A. Eagles and empire : the United States, Mexico, and the struggle for a continent / David A. Clary. 1st ed. New York : Bantam Dell, 2009. xvii, 590 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-569) and index. A war that started under questionable pretexts. A president who is convinced of his country's might and right. A military and political stalemate with United States troops occupying a foreign land against a stubborn and deadly insurgency. The time is the 1840s, the enemy is Mexico, and the war is one of the least known and most important in both Mexican and United States history--a war that really began much earlier and whose consequences still echo today. Historian David A. Clary presents this epic struggle for a continent for the first time from both sides, using original Mexican and North American sources.--From publisher description. Mexican War, 1846-1848 - AD LIT.