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A short, offhand, killing affair soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War /

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Huvudupphov: Foos, Paul, 1959-
Institutionellt upphov: ebrary, Inc
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Utgiven: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
Ämnen:
United States. > Army > History > Mexican War, 1846-1848.
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Social aspects.
Soldiers > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Influence.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • 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.

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