THE WAR WITH MEXICO

PREFACE

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I

I MEXICO AND THE MEXICANS 1800–1845

II THE POLITICAL EDUCATION OF MEXICO 1800–1845

III THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 1825–1843

IV THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 1843–1846

V THE MEXICAN ATTITUDE ON THE EVE OF WAR

VI THE AMERICAN ATTITUDE ON THE EVE OF WAR 1845

VII THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE CONFLICT April, 1845—April, 1846

VIII PALO ALTO, RESACA DE LA PALMA May, 1846

IX THE UNITED STATES MEETS THE CRISIS May—July, 1846

X THE LEADERS ADVANCE May—September, 1846

XI TAYLOR SETS OUT FOR SALTILLO June—September, 1846

XII MONTEREY September, 1846

XIII SALTILLO, PARRAS, TAMPICO August—December, 1846

XIV SANTA FE June-September, 1846

XV CHIHUAHUA December, 1846—May, 1847

XVI THE CALIFORNIA QUESTION 1836–1846

XVII THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA 1846–1847

XVIII THE GENESIS OF TWO CAMPAIGNS July, 1846—February, 1847

XIX SANTA ANNA PREPARES TO STRIKE September, 1846—February, 1847

XX BUENA VISTA February, 1847

NOTES

APPENDIX—THE SOURCES

Footnotes

Transcriber’s Note