A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair
Book description
The dark side of Manifest Destiny; The Mexican-American War (1846-48) found Americans on new terrain. A republic founded on the principle of armed defense of freedom was now going to war on behalf of Manifest Destiny, seeking to conquer an unfamiliar nation and people. Through an examination of rank-and-file soldiers,…
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1 author picked A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I hate books that make history bloodless and gloss over the often-ugly events that made the world what it is today. This is a short book with a lot of emotional energy, mostly in the form of burning outrage and irony.
I also really enjoyed how he made the voices of the American soldiers the central part of this book.
From Peter's list on North America’s 19th century international wars.
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