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The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History

by Spencer C. Tucker

3 vols. ABC-CLIO. 1084p. ed. by & others. illus. maps. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781851098538. $310.

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The war between 1846 and 1848 cost $100 million and 13,000 lives. Mexico lost half of its national territory while the United States completed its westward expansion to the Pacific. Some 800 alphabetically arranged entries, 25 tables, 31 maps, and 146 primary documents from 167 contributors enhance our knowledge of this prelude to sectional crisis here and civil war in Mexico. Even General Santa Anna gets his due.

Reviewed by Staff , Mar 07, 2013

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