A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent (Simon & Schuster America Collection)

Simon Schuster

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UPC:
9780743297448
Binding:
Paperback
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Publication Date:
11/2/2010
Release Date:
11/2/2010
Author:
Robert W. Merry
Language:
english
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A New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Notable Book

Robert Merry's brilliant and highly acclaimed history of a crucial epoch in U.S. historythe presidency of James K. Polk, our most underrated president (Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein).

In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of Americas Manifest Destinyextending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico. A crucial architect of modern America, James K. Polk deserves to be elevated out of the mists of history (Jon Meacham, author of American Lion).