Mr. Polk's Army: American Military Experience in the Mexican War (Texas a&M University Military History Series, 51)
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Drawing on numerous diaries, journals, and reminiscences, Richard Bruce Winders presents the daily life of soldiers at war; links the army to the society that produced it; shares his impressions of the soldiers he "met" along the way; and concludes that American participants in the Mexican War shared a common experience, no matter their rank or place of service. Taking a "new" military history approach, Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War examines the cultural, social, and political aspects of the regular and volunteer forces that made up the army of 1846-48, presents the organizational framework of the army, and introduces the different styles of leadership exhibited by Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.
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Mr. Polk's Army: American Military Experience in the Mexican War (Texas a&M University Military History Series, 51),Richard Bruce Winders,Texas A&M University Press,1585441627,History,History - Military / War,History: American,Military - General,Military History - Modern,U.S. History - Antebellum Period (1840-1860),United States - Antebellum Era,United States - Revolutionary War
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