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* Bancroft, H.H. ''History of Califronia''[http://www.1st-hand-history.org/Hhb/HHBindex.htm online edition]
* Bancroft, H.H. ''History of California''[http://www.1st-hand-history.org/Hhb/HHBindex.htm online edition]
* Bauer K. Jack. ''The Mexican War, 1846-1848''. Macmillan, 1974.
* Bauer K. Jack. ''The Mexican War, 1846-1848''. Macmillan, 1974.
* Crawford, Mark; Heidler, Jeanne T.; Heidler, David Stephen, eds. ''Encyclopedia of the Mexican War'' (1999) (ISBN 157607059X)
* Crawford, Mark; Heidler, Jeanne T.; Heidler, David Stephen, eds. ''Encyclopedia of the Mexican War'' (1999) (ISBN 157607059X)
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* Bauer K. Jack. ''The Mexican War, 1846-1848''. Macmillan, 1974.
* Bauer K. Jack. ''The Mexican War, 1846-1848''. Macmillan, 1974.
* Bauer, K. Jack. "The Veracruz Expedition of 1847," ''Military Affairs'' Vol. 20, No. 3 (Autumn, 1956), pp. 162-169 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-3931%28195623%2920%3A3%3C162%3ATVEO1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I in JSTOR]
* Bauer, K. Jack. "The Veracruz Expedition of 1847," ''Military Affairs'' Vol. 20, No. 3 (Autumn, 1956), pp. 162-169 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-3931%28195623%2920%3A3%3C162%3ATVEO1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I in JSTOR]
* Kevin Dougherty. ''Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience'' (2007)
* Eisenhower, John. ''So Far From God: The U.S. War with Mexico'', (1989) [http://www.amazon.com/So-Far-God-Mexico-1846-1848/dp/0806132795/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195667196&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Eisenhower, John. ''So Far From God: The U.S. War with Mexico'', (1989) [http://www.amazon.com/So-Far-God-Mexico-1846-1848/dp/0806132795/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195667196&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Foos, Paul. ''A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict during the Mexican War'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Short-Offhand-Killing-Affair-Mexican-American/dp/0807854050/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195667688&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Foos, Paul. ''A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict during the Mexican War'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Short-Offhand-Killing-Affair-Mexican-American/dp/0807854050/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195667688&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
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* Castañeda, Carlos E. "Relations of General Scott with Santa Anna," ''The Hispanic American Historical Review'' Vol. 29, No. 4 (Nov., 1949), pp. 455-473 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2168%28194911%2929%3A4%3C455%3AROGSWS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V in JSTOR]
* Castañeda, Carlos E. "Relations of General Scott with Santa Anna," ''The Hispanic American Historical Review'' Vol. 29, No. 4 (Nov., 1949), pp. 455-473 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-2168%28194911%2929%3A4%3C455%3AROGSWS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V in JSTOR]
* Delay, Brian. "Independent Indians and the U.S.-Mexican War." ''American Historical Review'' 2007 112(1): 35-68. Issn: 0002-8762 Fulltext: [[History Cooperative]]
* Delay, Brian. "Independent Indians and the U.S.-Mexican War." ''American Historical Review'' 2007 112(1): 35-68. Issn: 0002-8762 Fulltext: [[History Cooperative]]
* Fowler, Will. ''Santa Anna of Mexico'' (2007) 527pp; the major scholarly study
* Fowler, Will. ''Santa Anna of Mexico'' (2007) 527pp; the major scholarly study [http://www.amazon.com/Santa-Anna-Mexico-Will-Fowler/dp/0803211201 excerpt and text search]
* Fowler, Will. ''Tornel and Santa Anna: The Writer and the Caudillo, Mexico, 1795-1853'' (2000)
* Fowler, Will. ''Tornel and Santa Anna: The Writer and the Caudillo, Mexico, 1795-1853'' (2000)
* Henderson, Timothy J. ''A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States'' (2007), survey [http://www.amazon.com/Glorious-Defeat-Mexico-United-States/dp/0809061201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195721131&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Henderson, Timothy J. ''A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States'' (2007), survey [http://www.amazon.com/Glorious-Defeat-Mexico-United-States/dp/0809049678/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212926581&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search][http://www.amazon.com/Glorious-Defeat-Mexico-United-States/dp/0809061201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195721131&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Krauze, Enrique. ''Mexico: Biography of Power'', (1997)
* Krauze, Enrique. ''Mexico: Biography of Power'', (1997)
* Levinson, Irving W. ''Wars Within War: Mexican Guerrillas, Domestic Elites, And The United States Of America, 1846-1848'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Wars-Within-War-Guerrillas-1846-1848/dp/0875653022/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195710210&sr=1-6 except and text search]  
* Levinson, Irving W. ''Wars Within War: Mexican Guerrillas, Domestic Elites, And The United States Of America, 1846-1848'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Wars-Within-War-Guerrillas-1846-1848/dp/0875653022/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195710210&sr=1-6 except and text search]  
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*[http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/4367 ''Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant'']
*[http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/4367 ''Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant'']
* Laidley, Theodore. ''Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds: The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/Surrounded-Dangers-All-Kinds-Lieutenant/dp/1574410342/ref=pd_sim_b_title_8 excerpt and text search]
* Laidley, Theodore. ''Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds: The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/Surrounded-Dangers-All-Kinds-Lieutenant/dp/1574410342/ref=pd_sim_b_title_8 excerpt and text search]
*Polk, James. ''Polk: The Diary of a President, 1845-1849, Covering the Mexican War, the Acquisition of Oregon, and the Conquest of California and the Southwest.'' edited by [[Allan Nevins]] (1929)
* Polk, James K. ''The Diary of James K. Polk During His Presidency, 1845-1849'' edited by Milo Milton Quaife, 4 vols. 1910. [http://books.google.com/books?id=FxgOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=intitle:polk+intitle:diary&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 complete text vol. 1]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=vRcOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=intitle:polk+intitle:diary&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 complete text vol. 2]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=QBcOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=intitle:polk+intitle:diary&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 complete text vol. 3];  [http://books.google.com/books?id=lRYOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:polk+intitle:diary&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3 complete text vol 4]; also [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=3453762 Abridged version by Allan Nevins. 1929, online]
* Ramírez, José Fernando. ''Mexico during the War with the United States.'' (1950), 165pp, firsthand account of life in Mexico City during the war.
* Ramírez, José Fernando. ''Mexico during the War with the United States.'' (1950), 165pp, firsthand account of life in Mexico City during the war.

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Surveys

  • Bancroft, H.H. History of Californiaonline edition
  • Bauer K. Jack. The Mexican War, 1846-1848. Macmillan, 1974.
  • Crawford, Mark; Heidler, Jeanne T.; Heidler, David Stephen, eds. Encyclopedia of the Mexican War (1999) (ISBN 157607059X)
  • De Voto, Bernard, Year of Decision 1846 (1942), very well written popular history
  • Frazier, Donald S. ed. The U.S. and Mexico at War, (1998), 584; an encyclopedia with 600 articles by 200 scholars
  • Heidler, David S. and Heidler, Jeanne T. The Mexican War.Greenwood, 2005. 225 pp. basic survey, with some key primary sources
  • Meed, Douglas. The Mexican War, 1846-1848 (2003). 96pp by British scholar excerpt and text search
  • Smith, Justin H. The War with Mexico 2 vol (1919); Pulitzer Prize; 2:233-52; online vol 1; online vol 2 Pulitzer Prize winner.

Military

  • Bauer, K. Jack. Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest. (1985).
  • Bauer K. Jack. The Mexican War, 1846-1848. Macmillan, 1974.
  • Bauer, K. Jack. "The Veracruz Expedition of 1847," Military Affairs Vol. 20, No. 3 (Autumn, 1956), pp. 162-169 in JSTOR
  • Kevin Dougherty. Civil War Leadership and Mexican War Experience (2007)
  • Eisenhower, John. So Far From God: The U.S. War with Mexico, (1989) excerpt and text search
  • Foos, Paul. A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict during the Mexican War (2002) excerpt and text search
  • Hamilton, Holman, Zachary Taylor: Soldier of the Republic , (1941)
  • Johnson, Timothy D. Winfield Scott: The Quest for Military Glory (1998)
  • Lavender, David. Climax at Buena Vista: The Decisive Battle of the Mexican-American War (2003) excerpt and text search
  • Lewis, Lloyd. Captain Sam Grant (1950)
  • McCaffrey, James M. Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 (1994)excerpt and text search
  • Winders, Richard Price. Mr. Polk's Army (1997) excerpt and text search

Political and Diplomatic

  • Gleijeses, Piero. "A Brush with Mexico" Diplomatic History 2005 29(2): 223-254. Issn: 0145-2096; debates in Washington before war. fulltext in EBSCO
  • Graebner, Norman A. Empire on the Pacific: A Study in American Continental Expansion. (1955).
  • Graebner, Norman A. "Lessons of the Mexican War." Pacific Historical Review 47 (1978): 325-42. in JSTOR
  • Graebner, Norman A. "The Mexican War: A Study in Causation." Pacific Historical Review 49 (1980): 405-26. in JSTOR
  • McCormac, Eugene Irving. James K. Polk: A Political Biography (1922) online edition
  • Pletcher David M. The Diplomacy of Annexation: Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican War (1973).
  • Rives, George Lockhart. The United States and Mexico, 1821-1848 (2 vol 1913) vol 1 to end of 1845
  • Schroeder John H. Mr. Polk's War: American Opposition and Dissent, 1846-1848. 1973.
  • Sellers Charles G. James K. Polk: Continentalist, 1843-1846 (1966), the standard biography vol 1 and 2 are online at ACLS e-books
  • Smith, Justin H. The War with Mexico 2 vol (1919); Pulitzer Prize; 2:233-52; online vol 1; online vol 2 Pulitzer Prize winner.
  • Streeby, Shelley. "American Sensations: Empire, Amnesia, and the US-Mexican War," American Literary History Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring, 2001), pp. 1-40 in JSTOR
  • Weinberg Albert K. Manifest Destiny: A Study of Nationalist Expansionism in American History (1935). ACLS e-book

Hispanic perspectives

  • Bancroft, H. H. History of Mexico: 1824-1861 (1885) online edition
  • Brack, Gene M. Mexico Views Manifest Destiny, 1821-1846: An Essay on the Origins of the Mexican War (1975).
  • Brack, Gene M. "Mexican Opinion, American Racism, and the War of 1846," The Western Historical Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr., 1970), pp. 161-174 in JSTOR
  • Castañeda, Carlos E. "Relations of General Scott with Santa Anna," The Hispanic American Historical Review Vol. 29, No. 4 (Nov., 1949), pp. 455-473 in JSTOR
  • Delay, Brian. "Independent Indians and the U.S.-Mexican War." American Historical Review 2007 112(1): 35-68. Issn: 0002-8762 Fulltext: History Cooperative
  • Fowler, Will. Santa Anna of Mexico (2007) 527pp; the major scholarly study excerpt and text search
  • Fowler, Will. Tornel and Santa Anna: The Writer and the Caudillo, Mexico, 1795-1853 (2000)
  • Henderson, Timothy J. A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States (2007), survey excerpt and text searchexcerpt and text search
  • Krauze, Enrique. Mexico: Biography of Power, (1997)
  • Levinson, Irving W. Wars Within War: Mexican Guerrillas, Domestic Elites, And The United States Of America, 1846-1848 (2005) except and text search
  • McCornack, Richard Blaine. "The San Patricio Deserters in the Mexican War," The Americas Vol. 8, No. 2 (Oct., 1951), pp. 131-142 in JSTOR
  • Mayers, David; Fernández Bravo, Sergio A., "La Guerra Con Mexico Y Los Disidentes Estadunidenses, 1846-1848" [The War with Mexico and US Dissenters, 1846-48]. Secuencia [Mexico] 2004 (59): 32-70. Issn: 0186-0348
  • Reséndez, Andrés. Changing National Identities at the Frontier: Texas and New Mexico, 1800-1850 (2004) excerpt and text search
  • Rives, George L. "Mexican Diplomacy on the Eve of War with the United States," The American Historical Review Vol. 18, No. 2 (Jan., 1913), pp. 275-294 in JSTOR
  • Robinson, Cecil, The View From Chapultepec: Mexican Writers on the Mexican War, (1989)
  • Rodríguez Díaz, María Del Rosario. "Mexico's Vision of Manifest Destiny During the 1847 War" Journal of Popular Culture 2001 35(2): 41-50. Issn: 0022-3840
  • Ruiz, Ramon Eduardo. Triumph and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People, (1992) ch 5 pp 205-19; excerpt and text search
  • Ruiz, Vicki L. "Nuestra America: Latino History as United States History." Journal of American History 2006 93(3): 655-672. Issn: 0021-8723 Fulltext: [History Cooperative]]
  • Sears, Louis Martin. "Nicholas P. Trist, A Diplomat with Ideals," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jun., 1924), pp. 85-98 in JSTOR
  • Smith, Justin H. "American Rule in Mexico," The American Historical Review Vol. 23, No. 2 (Jan., 1918), pp. 287-302 in JSTOR

Primary Sources

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