The Mexican War, 1846-1848

Large 8vo. xxi, 454 pp, list of 15 b&w maps, standard abbreviations used in notes, preface, 1. Imperial America; 2. The Failure of Graduated Pressure; 3. Taylor in Texas; 4. The Roar of Guns Along the Rio Grande; 5. The Declaration of War; 6. The Monterrey Campaign; 7. The Naval War in the Gulf of Mexico, 1846; 8. The Army of the West; 9. The Chiluahua Expeditions; 10. California Conquest; 11. California Lost and Regained; 12. The War in the North after Monterrey; 13. The Veracruz Expedition; 14. Into the Valley of Mexico; 15. On to Mexico City; 16. The Fall of Mexico City; 17. Mexico Occupied; 18. Politics and Mr. Polk's War; 19. Peace at Last; Epilogue; bibliography, index with 40 b&w illustrations. The Wars of the United States series: First Printing, 1974. Tan cloth with red back cloth backstrip, black title plate and gilt lettering to spine.