A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent

About A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent

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.