The War with Mexico (Vol.1&2‪)‬

"The War with Mexico" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by an American historian Justin Harvey Smith. The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered Mexican territory since the government did not recognize the treaty signed by Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna when he was a prisoner of the Texian Army during the 1836 Texas Revolution. For Mexico, this was a provocation: Mexican forces attacked U.S. forces, and the United States Congress declared war.

Volume 1:

Mexico and the Mexicans

The Political Education of Mexico

The Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1825–1843

The Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1843–1846

The Mexican Attitude on the Eve of War

The American Attitude on the Eve of War

The Preliminaries of the Conflict

Palo Alto and Resaca de Guerrero

The United States Meets the Crisis

The Chosen Leaders Advance

Taylor Sets out for Saltillo

Monterey

Saltillo, Parras, and Tampico

Santa Fe

Chihuahua

The California Question

The Conquest of California

The Genesis of Two Campaigns

Santa Anna Prepares to Strike

Buena Vista

Volume 2:

Behind the Scenes at Mexico

Vera Cruz

Cerro Gordo

Puebla

On to the Capital

Contreras and Churubusco

Negotiations

Molino del Rey, Chapultepec and Mexico

Final Military Operations

The Naval Operations

The Americans as Conquerors

Peace

The Finances of the War

The War in American Politics

The Foreign Relations of the War