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A country of vast designs : James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the conquest of the American continent /

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100	1	\|aMerry, Robert W.,\|d1946-
245	12	\|aA country of vast designs :\|bJames K. Polk, the Mexican War and the conquest of the American continent /\|cRobert W. Merry
250		\|a1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed
260		\|aNew York :\|bSimon & Schuster Paperbacks,\|c2010
300		\|ax, 576 pages, [16] pages of plates :\|billustrations, map, portraits ;\|c24 cm
500		\|aOriginally published in hardcover: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2009
504		\|aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 543-550) and index
505	0	\|aRitual of democracy: the emergence of an expansionist president -- Young Hickory: the making of a Jackson protégé -- Tennessee and Washington: the rise and fall of a presidential loyalist -- The 1844 election: searching for a means of political recovery -- Texas: dawn of a new era -- Baltimore: America's first political dark horse -- Polk vs. Clay: answering the question, "Who is James K. Polk?" -- The victor: preparing for the mantle of leadership -- Taking charge: America's zest for grand ambitions -- Annexation complete: diplomacy, intrigue, and the force of politics -- The United States and Oregon: "The people here are worn out by delay" -- The United States and Mexico: divergent new world cultures on a path to war -- Britain and Mexico: playing with prospects of a dual war -- The Twenty-ninth Congress: Polk takes command of the national agenda -- End of a treaty: diplomacy and politics at war with each other -- War: "Every consideration of duty and patriotism" -- Vagaries of war: "And may there be no recreant soul to fail or falter now" -- Presidential temperament: "I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government" -- Wilmot's proviso: transformation of the war debate -- The war in the West: patriotism, duty, adventure, and glory -- The new face of war: "We are yet to have a long and wearisome struggle" -- The politics of rancor: constitutional usurpation vs. moral treason -- Dilatory Congress: the challenge of presidential leadership -- Veracruz and beyond: grappling with Mexico's military defiance -- Scott and Trist: a clash of policy and temperament -- Mexico City: the pivot of personality -- The specter of conquest: "Have we conquered peace? Have we obtained a treaty?" -- Treaty: from Trist to Polk to the Senate -- Peace: California, New Mexico, and the Union -- Final months: "Solemnly impressed with the ... emptiness of worldly honors" -- Legacy: the price of presidential accomplishment
520		\|aExplores the one-term presidency of James K. Polk, during which the United States extended its territory across the continent by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln opposed
600	10	\|aPolk, James K.\|q(James Knox),\|d1795-1849
650	0	\|aPresidents\|zUnited States\|vBiography
651	0	\|aUnited States\|xPolitics and government\|y1845-1849
651	0	\|aUnited States\|xTerritorial expansion\|xHistory\|y19th century
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President James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever-consequential, comes to life in this ＂compelling, perceptive portrait＂ (The Wall Street Journal) biography of the 11th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson protégé, and champion of ＂manifest destiny.＂In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America’s Manifest Destiny--extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico. ＂A crucial architect of modern America, James K. Polk deserves to be elevated out of the mists of history＂ (Jon Meacham, author of American Lion).
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