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History, Influence, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Military life, Social aspects, Social aspects of Mexican War, 1846-1848, Social conditions, Soldiers, United States, United States. Army, United states, armed forces, history, United states, army, military life, United states, army, historyPlaces
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A short, offhand, killing affair: soldiers and social conflict during the Mexican-American War
2002, University of North Carolina Press
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A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict during the Mexican-American War
December 9, 2001, The University of North Carolina Press
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A Short Offhand Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict During the Mexican-American War
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction 3
1 The Regular Army and Antebellum Labor: Service and Servitude 13
2 Citizens' Militias in the United States 31
3 Volunteer Excitement among the Masses 45
4 Forced to Volunteer: The Politics of Compulsion 61
5 Discipline and Desertion in Mexico 83
6 Atrocity: The Wage of Manifest Destiny 113
7 Dreams of Conquest and the Limits of the White Man's Democracy 139
8 Free Soil and the Heritage of the Citizen-Soldier 155.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index.
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