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100	1		_aGuardino, Peter F., _d1963- _eauthor. _9341937
245	1	4	_aThe dead march : _ba history of the Mexican-American War / _cPeter Guardino.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017
300			_a502 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"By focusing on the experiences of ordinary Mexicans and Americans, The Dead March offers a clearer historical picture than we have ever had of the brief, bloody war that redrew the map of North America. Peter Guardino invites skepticism about the received view that the United States emerged victorious in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) because its democratic system was more stable and its citizens more loyal. In fact, heading into the war, American forces dramatically underestimated the strength of Mexicans' patriotism and failed to see how bitterly Mexicans resented America's claims to national and racial superiority. Having regarded the United States as a sister republic, Mexicans were shocked by the scope of America's expansionist ambitions, and their fierce resistance surprised U.S. political and military leaders, who had expected a quick victory with few casualties. As the fighting intensified over the course of two years, it claimed the lives of thousands of Americans and at least twice as many Mexicans, including many civilians. As stark as they were, the misconceptions that the Mexican-American War laid bare on both sides did not determine the final victor. What differentiated the two countries in battle was not some notion of American unity and loyalty to democracy but the United States' huge advantages in economic power and wealth--advantages its poorer Latin American neighbor could not hope to overcome."--Jacket.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe men most damaging to the population -- We're the boys for Mexico -- Like civilized nations -- Even the fathers of families -- Each chapter we write in Mexican blood -- The yankees died like ants -- The people of the town were firing -- Ashamed of my country -- The law of the strongest.
650		0	_aMexican War, 1846-1848. _9133405
651		0	_aUnited States _xEconomic conditions _yTo 1865. _9147444
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial conditions _yTo 1865. _9121405
651		0	_aMexico _xEconomic conditions _y19th century. _9341938
651		0	_aMexico _xSocial conditions _y19th century. _9341939
651		0	_aNorth America _xEconomic conditions _y19th century _xRegional disparities. _9341940
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