A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent 2009024131, 9780743297431, 9781439160459, 0743297431

When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomatic struggle with Brit

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A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
 2009024131, 9780743297431, 9781439160459, 0743297431