Mexican Americans and World War II. Edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. Pp. xxvi, 310. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 978-0-292-70681-1; cloth, $45.00, ISBN 978-0-292-70651-4.) In recent years World War II and its generation have experienced a celebratory revival. The "good...

Mexican Americans and World War II. Edited by Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. Pp. xxvi, 310. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 978-0-292-70681-1; cloth, $45.00, ISBN 978-0-292-70651-4.) In recent years World War II and its generation have experienced a celebratory revival. The...

Nicholas Trist knew that when the iron was hot, it was time to strike. And the iron he had was blazing. Trist had been negotiating on behalf of the U.S. for a year with Mexican officials to end the Mexican-American War. The officials were ready...

Mexican and American officials are talking about how the U.S. government can do more to help Mexico battle drug trafficking, but the Mexicans aren't asking for a billion-dollar aid program involving U.S. soldiers.Mexico's ambassador to Washington, Arturo Sarukhan, told the newspaper Milenio in comments published...

At the time of the Mexican American conflict the United States military was ill suited for military combat. Thus the Mexican American war was to prepare the United States' soldiers for future combat in the Civil War. Much of the military was young and inexperienced. The American victory in the Mexican American war gave the United States its largest territorial acquisition since the Louisiana Purchase. The military combats during the war provided the nation not only with an improved military, but also with p

A study of the causes, development, and major events of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), also known as the U.S.-Mexican war and, in the U.S., as the Mexican War.

Essay provides a discussion regarding the significance of the Mexican War.