The Mexican-American War
Paul Springer of the U.S. Military Academy discusses the significance of the Mexican-American War to U.S. history, looking at how little most students know about and arguing the war is mis- and underrepresented in many texts. This lecture was part of "What Students Need To Know About America’s Wars, Part I: 1622-1919: A History Institute for Teachers, held July 26-27, 2008, at the First Division Museum in Wheaton, IL, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Wachman Center and by the Cantigny First Division Foundation.
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