num_pages: 294
description: The day-to-day experiences of the American soldiers fighting in the Mexican WarJames McCaffrey examines America's first foreign war, the Mexican War, through the day-to-day experiences of the American soldier in battle, in camp, and on the march. With remarkable sympathy, humor, and grace, the author fills in the historical gaps of one war while rising issues now found to be strikingly relevant to this nation's modern military concerns.
language: English
title: Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846-1848
titlecomplete: Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 (The American Social Experience, 11)
genres: History
ratings_count: 16
series: The American Social Experience Series
publisher: NYU Press