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The Reference Desk => History and Tall Tales => Topic started by: JasonPratt on July 30, 2019, 08:38:11 AM
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Note: also posting in the books subcategory.
My brother's birthday is coming up at the end of August; and while reading Churchill's volume on "The Great Democracies" (part of his history of English-speaking people, written before and during WW2), concerning the 1800s, he discovered the Mexican-American war and wanted to read more about it. Especially its connections to eventual American Civil War leaders.
I don't think I have anything on it myself -- I roughly knew about it already (including its ACW connections) -- so I'm shopping around for recommendations.
So far I'm looking at:
Eisenhower's So Far From God
Guardino's The Dead March
Baur's The Mexican War
Tucker's Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War (this is an expensive 3 volume library set, actually more expensive on Kindle for some reason, even when it's on sale! :o Probably not what he's after anyway, as he wants more focus on the characters and strategic/operational/tactical aspects.)
Hannings' US-Mexican War: A Complete Chronology
Henderson's Glorious Defeat: Mexico and its War with the United States (focuses more on Mexico's side for balance purposes)
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Dugard's Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican-American War
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Oh heck yeah! The Shaaras! :applause:
Grabbing that and their Civil War novels. Note to self, I don't think Bro has ever seen the films of Gods and Generals / Gettysburg either. (Too bad "The Last Full Measure" has never been adapted.)