A Wicked War : Polk, Clay, Lincoln and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico (CD-Audio)

from hopeevey

Wow - excellent history as engaging as a good novel. I sooooooooo look forward to more from this author!

from DeaconBernie

I elected to read this book because I had read so little about the Mexican War. Never have I found a book where an author was bitterly opposed to the subject matter. In fact, this bitterness turned my interest away more than a few times. All that said, the author has given us a very readable hist...

from konastories

Joy's review: Completely skip the introduction and you're in for a very enjoyable reading experience. I think I learned something on every page of this book. Polk was one of the more single-minded and unprincipled presidents. If it was completely up to him, we'd now own all of Mexico instead of j...

from rivkat

How the war with Mexico to annex Texas (and more territory) drove James K. Polk to the presidency, and then dragged him down, told through the personal stories of James and Sarah Polk, the end of Henry Clay's career, and the beginning of Abraham Lincoln's, with a bit from the Nicholas Trist, the ...