To Conquer a Peace

The War Between the United States and Mexico

By: John Edward Weems

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Paperback | 1 April 1988

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The text of this book represents not a catalogue of names, dates, and statistics of the war between the United States and Mexico but an attempt to tell the story of that conflict and to depict its color, drama, tragedy, and meaning mainly through the use of ten principal characters who participated in the war and who left behind written accounts.

Some men in government during the administration of James K. Polk used a four-word maxim to describe the goal of the United States in the war against Mexico, which resulted from years of bickering and bitterness between the two nations. A paraphrase was used even by General Winfield Scott, a Whig and thus a political opponent of Democrat Polk. The words were &;to conquer a peace.&;

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Preface	p. xi
Illustrations	p. xvii
Prologue: Distant Cannon	p. xix
The Beginnings From 1783 to June 1845
Background for Conflict	p. 3
The Greatest Political Figure of Mexico	p. 10
An Advocate of National Expansion	p. 18
Orders	p. 28
Momentous Moves	p. 36
Far Western Vastness	p. 46
Toward a Collision From Early July 1845 to Early May 1846
For the Protection of Texas	p. 55
War Will Not Be Our Fault	p. 63
Road to California	p. 74
3,900 Men	p. 83
Judge the World in Righteousness	p. 92
Abuses to Uproot	p. 98
A Species of Death	p. 103
War From May 1846 to September 1846
Forbearance Exhausted	p. 117
Here They Comel	p. 125
Shouts and Screams	p. 136
The Time Has Come	p. 145
To the Colors	p. 150
A Coal of Fire	p. 157
Resplendent Star	p. 166
Golden Gate	p. 172
Duty	p. 183
Uncertain Destiny	p. 188
An Old Hero Returned	p. 194
Your Governor	p. 199
Opportunity	p. 205
Miserable Men and Suffering Animals	p. 209
Changing Strategy From September 1846 to March 1847
Colossal Guardians of the Land	p. 239
A Christmas Frolic	p. 252
The Goal of Their Hopes	p. 260
Fighting--But No Fighting	p. 271
Bugle Notes of Reveille	p. 282
The Soil of Buena Vista	p. 295
Hard-won Position of Precariousness	p. 314
The Lamp of a Sepulcher	p. 324
An Elusive Peace From April 1847 to July 4, 1848
Stress, Frustration, and Anger	p. 345
Suspense and Agony	p. 354
Rough, Ragged, and Ready	p. 368
Movable Forts	p. 376
Of Physical and Moral Courage	p. 386
Such Victories	p. 410
Long-sought Destination	p. 420
Superlative Climaxes	p. 431
The Perfect Tool	p. 440
Epilogue: The Mournful War	p. 451
Chronology of Important Events	p. 459
Notes on the Text	p. 465
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits	p. 482
A Selected Bibliography	p. 485
Index	p. 491
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