The Mexican-American War of the s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequent treaty, the United States gained territory that would become California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. In this highly readable account, John S.D. Eisenhower. · On Ap a border dispute escalated into full-fledged war between the United States and Mexico. A small American unit of Dragoons was attacked and captured just north of the Rio Grande in Texas, which had recently been annexed by the United States. · So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, Author: John S.D. Eisenhower: Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, ISBN: , Length: pages: SubjectsAuthor: John S.D. Eisenhower.
The book is still in good condition and it is by John S. D. Eisenhower. The pages are cream colored with almost no staining on themthere are a few very minor spots scattered throughout. The book is a little loose at the spine but it's not splitting at all. war's end and the Mexican cession This is an outstanding contribution to military history and a model of writing which will be admired and emulated"- Journal of American History. Eisenhower, John S. D. So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, New. York: Random House, So far from God by John S. D. Eisenhower, unknown edition, Overshadowed by the cataclysmic Civil War only thirteen years later, the Mexican War has been practically forgotten in the United States.
Eisenhower's (the son of the general/president, and a general himself) work on the Mexican War takes its title from the lament of a Mexican leader ("Poor Mexico! So far from God, and so close to the United States ") and is unexpectedly relevant, with issues of immigration (though in this case, from the US to Mexico), a popular war that becomes unpopular, political control of the military, and quite a few other points that will resonate with readers o. So Far from God The U.S. War with Mexico, - John. “So Far from God: The U.S. War With Mexico, ”, by John S.D. Eisenhower pages, Random House, ISBN Mexican-American War has been given little attention by historians, possibly because the victory has become tainted with the passage of time, or because the subsequent American Civil War overshadowed it so.
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