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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Merry, Robert W., 1946-     Subjects     Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849     Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Polk     United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849     United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century     Browse Catalog     by author:      Merry, Robert W., 1946-       by title:      A country of vast de...         MARC Display

A country of vast designs : James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the conquest of the American continent / Robert W. Merry. by Merry, Robert W., 1946- New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2010. Subjects Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849   Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Polk   United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849   United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century Description:  x, 576 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm Contents:  Ritual of democracy: the emergence of an expansionist president -- Young Hickory: the making of a Jackson protégé -- Tennessee and Washington: the rise and fall of a presidential loyalist -- The 1844 election: searching for a means of political recovery -- Texas: dawn of a new era -- Baltimore: America's first political dark horse -- Polk vs. Clay: answering the question, "Who is James K. Polk?" -- The victor: preparing for the mantle of leadership -- Taking charge: America's zest for grand ambitions -- Annexation complete: diplomacy, intrigue, and the force of politics -- The United States and Oregon: "The people here are worn out by delay" -- The United States and Mexico: divergent new world cultures on a path to war -- Britain and Mexico: playing with prospects of a dual war -- The Twenty-ninth Congress: Polk takes command of the national agenda -- End of a treaty: diplomacy and politics at war with each other -- War: "Every consideration of duty and patriotism" -- Vagaries of war: "And may there be no recreant soul to fail or falter now" -- Presidential temperament: "I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government" -- Wilmot's proviso: transformation of the war debate -- The war in the West: patriotism, duty, adventure, and glory -- The new face of war: "We are yet to have a long and wearisome struggle" -- The politics of rancor: constitutional usurpation vs. moral treason -- Dilatory Congress: the challenge of presidential leadership -- Veracruz and beyond: grappling with Mexico's military defiance -- Scott and Trist: a clash of policy and temperament -- Mexico City: the pivot of personality -- The specter of conquest: "Have we conquered peace? Have we obtained a treaty?" -- Treaty: from Trist to Polk to the Senate -- Peace: California, New Mexico, and the Union -- Final months: "Solemnly impressed with the ... emptiness of worldly honors" -- Legacy: the price of presidential accomplishment. Summary:  Explores the one-term presidency of James K. Polk, during which the United States extended its territory across the continent by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln opposed. Notes:  Originally published in hardcover: New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2009.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   American Fork Library Non-fiction Biography Polk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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