Justin H. Smith

This two-volume edition was written by an American historian Justin Harvey Smith, specialist on the Mexican-American War. For his exceptional work Smith was awarded with Pulitzer Prize for History.Aseveryone understands, the conflict with Mexico has been almost entirely eclipsed by the greater wars following it. But in the field of thought mere size does not count for much; and while the number of troops and the lists of casualties give the present subject little comparative importance, it has ample grounds for claiming attention.
Contents: 
Mexico and the Mexicans 
The Political Education of Mexico 
The Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1825–1843 
The Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1843–1846 
The Mexican Attitude on the Eve of War 
The American Attitude on the Eve of War 
The Preliminaries of the Conflict 
Palo Alto and Resaca de Guerrero 
The United States Meets the Crisis 
The Chosen Leaders Advance 
Taylor Sets out for Saltillo 
Monterey 
Saltillo, Parras, and Tampico 
Santa Fe 
Chihuahua 
The California Question 
The Conquest of California 
The Genesis of Two Campaigns 
Santa Anna Prepares to Strike 
Buena Vista 
Behind the Scenes at Mexico 
Vera Cruz 
Cerro Gordo 
Puebla 
On to the Capital 
Contreras and Churubusco 
Negotiations 
Molino del Rey, Chapultepec and Mexico 
Final Military Operations 
The Naval Operations 
The Americans as Conquerors 
Peace 
The Finances of the War 
The War in American Politics 
The Foreign Relations of the War

Madison & Adams Press

The U.S.-Mexican War (Vol. 1&2): The Relations Between the U.S. And Mexico, Attitudes on the Eve of War, the Preliminaries of the Conflict, the California Question, the War in American Politics, the Foreign Relations of the War