Army of manifest destiny : the American soldier in the Mexican War, 1846-1848/ James M. McCaffrey

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Book

Language

English

Publication Date

c1992

Publisher

New York University Press

Place of Publication

New York, New York

Physical

xvi, 274 pages : illustrations, maps.

ISBN

0814754686 acid free

Series

The American social experience series 23

Notes

Includes index.

"The purpose of the present work, then, is to look at the war from the viewpoint of the common soldiers' experiences. What prompted them to enlist in the first place? What did they think of the Mexican people with whom they came in contact? How did they feel toward their officers? Were they adequately supported with food, clothing, shelter, and medical care by their government? How did they spend their spare time? If they broke any rules, how were they punished? What did the regular soldiers think of these temporary volunteers, and vice versa? And finally, having answered these questions, how did the American soldiers in the Mexican War measure up to their counterparts of earlier and later conflicts?.

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