A short, offhand, killing affair :
Foos, Paul, 1959-
A short, offhand, killing affair : soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War / Paul Foos. - 223 páginas : ilustraciones, map. ; 25 cm.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 199-216) e índice.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3 -- 1 The Regular Army and Antebellum Labor: Service and Servitude 13 -- 2 Citizens' Militias in the United States 31 -- 3 Volunteer Excitement among the Masses 45 -- 4 Forced to Volunteer: The Politics of Compulsion 61 -- 5 Discipline and Desertion in Mexico 83 -- 6 Atrocity: The Wage of Manifest Destiny 113 -- 7 Dreams of Conquest and the Limits of the White Man's Democracy 139 -- 8 Free Soil and the Heritage of the Citizen-Soldier 155.
0807827312 (alk. paper) 0807854050 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Estados Unidos. Ejército --Historia.
Estados Unidos. Ejército --Historia.
Guerra mexicana--1846-1848.
Soldados--Condiciones solciales--Estados Unidos--Siglo XIX.
Guerra mundial, 1939-1945--Aspectos sociales.
E409.2 / .F66 2002
A short, offhand, killing affair : soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War / Paul Foos. - 223 páginas : ilustraciones, map. ; 25 cm.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (páginas 199-216) e índice.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3 -- 1 The Regular Army and Antebellum Labor: Service and Servitude 13 -- 2 Citizens' Militias in the United States 31 -- 3 Volunteer Excitement among the Masses 45 -- 4 Forced to Volunteer: The Politics of Compulsion 61 -- 5 Discipline and Desertion in Mexico 83 -- 6 Atrocity: The Wage of Manifest Destiny 113 -- 7 Dreams of Conquest and the Limits of the White Man's Democracy 139 -- 8 Free Soil and the Heritage of the Citizen-Soldier 155.
0807827312 (alk. paper) 0807854050 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Estados Unidos. Ejército --Historia.
Estados Unidos. Ejército --Historia.
Guerra mexicana--1846-1848.
Soldados--Condiciones solciales--Estados Unidos--Siglo XIX.
Guerra mundial, 1939-1945--Aspectos sociales.
E409.2 / .F66 2002