A country of vast designs

By Robert W. Merry

Subjects: Mexican war, 1846-1848, Biography, Presidents, Politics and government, Polk, james k. (james knox), 1795-1849, Territorial expansion, New York Times reviewed, United states, territorial expansion, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, History

Description: In a one-term presidency, Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny -- extending its territory across the continent, from sea to sea, by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln, in Congress at the time, opposed as preemptive. Robert Merry tells this story through powerful debates and towering figures. - Jacket flap.