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Climax at Buena Vista
David Lavender
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Description for Climax at Buena Vista
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
The ferocity and magnitude of the American Civil War eclipses that of all other nineteenth-century conflicts, but the hard fighting and tactics that played out between the North and South were first developed during the Mexican-American War of the late 1840s. It was during this struggle between two regional powers that the United States showed that it could muster soldiers representing far-flung states of the Union-Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Mississippi-and officers fresh from West Point, testing the military preparedness of the young nation. In Climax at Buena Vista, David Lavender tells the complete story of the turning point in ... Read more
The ferocity and magnitude of the American Civil War eclipses that of all other nineteenth-century conflicts, but the hard fighting and tactics that played out between the North and South were first developed during the Mexican-American War of the late 1840s. It was during this struggle between two regional powers that the United States showed that it could muster soldiers representing far-flung states of the Union-Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Mississippi-and officers fresh from West Point, testing the military preparedness of the young nation. In Climax at Buena Vista, David Lavender tells the complete story of the turning point in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812218602
SKU
V9780812218602
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About David Lavender
David Lavender is author of numerous books, including Westward Vision: The Story of the Oregon Trail and The Way to the Western Sea: Lewis and Clark Across the Continent.
Reviews for Climax at Buena Vista
"Lavender relates the battles of Palo Alto, Monterrey, and the climactic Buena Vista with clarity and immediacy."-New York Times