The Mexican War, 1846-1848
K. Jack Bauer was also the author ofZachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest(1985) and Other Works. Robert W. Johannsen, who introduces this Bison Books edition ofThe Mexican War, is a professor of history at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and the author ofTo the Halls of Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination(1985).