The War With Mexico


The Books:

The diplomacy of annexation; Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican War/ David M. Pletcher. [Columbia] University of Missouri Press [1973] xiii, 656 p. illus. 25 cm. SUBJECT United States --Territorial expansion. United States --Foreign relations --1815-1861. United States --History --War with Mexico, 1845-1848. Oregon question. NOTE Bibliography: p. 613-646. CL Book Stacks 973.61 P726d

Mr. Polk's war: American opposition and dissent, 1846-1848/ John H. Schroeder. [Madison] University of Wisconsin Press [1973] xvi, 184 p. illus. 25 cm. SUBJECT United States --History --War with Mexico, 1845-1848 --Public opinion. NOTE Bibliography: p. 167-171. CL Book Stacks 973.62 S381m

Secret agents : President Polk and the search for peace with Mexico / Anna Kasten Nelson. New York : Garland, 1988.173 p. ; 24 cm. SERIES Modern American history. SUBJECT United States --History --War with Mexico, 1845-1848 --Peace. United States --Foreign relations --1845-1849. United States --History --War with Mexico, 1845-1848 --Secret service. Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849. NOTE Bibliography: p. 163-173. CL Book Stacks 973.62 N424s

Eyewitness to war : prints and daguerreotypes of the Mexican War, 1846-1848 / Martha A. Sandweiss, Rick Stewart, Ben W. Huseman. Fort Worth, Tex. : Amon Carter Museum ; Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1989. UCSD AAL E415.2.A78 A47 1989 AAL Stacks

The year of decision, 1846./ Bernard De Voto. Boston, Little, Brown and company, 1943. UCSD Central F592 .D38

Guilty of making peace : a biography of Nicholas P. Trist / Robert W. Drexler. Lanham : University Press of America, c1991. UCSD Central E415.9.T84 D74 1991

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo : a legacy of conflict / by Richard Griswold del Castillo. 1st ed. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1990. UCSD Central E408 .G75 1990

To the halls of the Montezumas : the Mexican War in the American imagination / Robert W. Johannsen. New York : Oxford University Press, 1985. UCSD Central E404 .J64 1985

Reluctant imperialists : Calhoun, the South Carolinians, and the Mexican War / Ernest McPherson Lander, Jr. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1980. UCSD Central E409.5.S7 L36

Messenger of destiny: the California adventures, 1846-1847, of Archibald H. Gillespie, U.S. Marine Corps. [San Francisco] J. Howell-Books, 1960. Series title: The John Howell series on the U. S. Navy in old California. UCSD Central E405.2 .M3 1960 Spec Coll Goodman

The Articles:

Bennett, Charles. "The Mexican War Drawings of Lachlan Allan Maclean." In: El Palacio. Fall 89 v 95 n 1 Page: 66

Goetzmann, William H. "Confessions of a Rogue." Summary: A ribald young adventurer named Sam Chamberlain recorded his Mexican War exploits-martial and amatory-in a vivid series of water-colors. His illustrated account is well known. Now a new cache has come to light. In: MHQ : the quarterly journal of military history Wint 1995 v 7 n 2 Page: 8

Harter, John J. "The Accidental Treaty. Summary: Though Envoy Trist Negotiated End Of Mexican War; The Act Finished His Career." In: Foreign service journal. OCT 01 1995 v 72 n 10 Page: 26

Higham, C.L. "Songs of the Mexican War: An Interpretation of Sources." In: Journal of the west. JUL 01 1989 v 28 n 3 Page: 16

Jonas, Peter M. William Parrott, "American Claims, and the Mexican War." In: Journal of the early Republic. Sumr 1992 v 12 n 2 Page: 213

Kaufman, Patricia. "Opposition to the Mexican War of 1946." In: Magazine of history Sprg 1994 v 8 n 3 Page: 46

Manning, Dan. "The Mexican War Journal of John James Dix: A Texan." In: Military history of the Southwest : MHS. Sprg 1993 v 23 n 1 Page: 47

McCaffrey, James. "Wearing Army Blue (and Green, and Red, and GrayÉ) During the Mexican War." In: Military history of the Southwest : MHS. Sprg 1993 v 23 n 1 Page: 39

Michel, Peter J. "No Mere Holiday Affair: The Capture of Santa Fe in the Mexican-American War." In: Gateway heritage : quarterly journal of the Mis Sprg 89 v 9 n 4 Page: 12

Oberly, James W. "Military Bounty Land Warrants of the Mexican War." In: Prologue : the journal of the National Archives 1994 spec Page: 29

Patrick, Jeff Dunniway, Wm. "On the Plains of Mexico." Summary: Vignettes from the Mexican-American War. Abraham Schell, 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry Hiram Dryer, Regt. of Mounted Rifles. In: Military images. MAR 01 1994 v 15 n 5 Page: 5

Rychetnik, Joe. "Espionage." Summary: Before the Mexican War broke out, a Marine in mufti helped lay the groundwork for the American invasion of California. In: Military history. DEC 01 1994 v 11 n 5 Page: 20

White, Mark J. "The Case of the Yucatecan Request: American Foreign Policy at the Close of the Mexican War." In: Mid-America; an historical review. OCT 01 1990 v 72 n 3 Page: 169


This list is derived from the online SALLY catalog of the USD Copley Library and the MELVYL catalog of the UC libraries, and the CARL UNCOVER database of recent articles, using copy and paste of relevant entries, and was prepared by Steven Schoenherr for the USD History Bibliographies page October 17, 1995.