TY - JOUR
T1 - A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent
AU - Bon, Cristina
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Robert Merry's book is not only a biography of the political career and the presidential administration of James Polk; it is a narrative of the premises and consequences of the conquest of the West and of the achievements of a continental Republic. This review aims at giving a comprehensive idea of a book that, in spite of a few weaknesses, gives us a deeper understanding of a particularly controversial U.S. President, as well as a an engaging portrait of the antebellum political scene.
AB - Robert Merry's book is not only a biography of the political career and the presidential administration of James Polk; it is a narrative of the premises and consequences of the conquest of the West and of the achievements of a continental Republic. This review aims at giving a comprehensive idea of a book that, in spite of a few weaknesses, gives us a deeper understanding of a particularly controversial U.S. President, as well as a an engaging portrait of the antebellum political scene.
KW - Polk
KW - President
KW - United States
KW - Polk
KW - President
KW - United States
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/30925
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14664658.2012.720080
U2 - 10.1080/14664658.2012.720080
DO - 10.1080/14664658.2012.720080
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
SN - 1466-4658
VL - vol. 13
SP - 273
EP - 274
JO - American Nineteenth Century History
JF - American Nineteenth Century History
ER -