Ebook {Epub PDF} The Dead March: A History of the Mexican-American War by Peter Guardino

 · Peter Guardino. Harvard University Press, - History - pages. 1 Review. Winner of the Bolton-Johnson Prize Winner of the Utley Prize Winner of the Distinguished Book Award, Society 5/5(1).  · At its core, The Dead March is a social and cultural history of the Mexican and American armies and the societies that produced them, particularly their assumptions about race, masculinity, and religion. A book studded with arresting insights and convincing observations. ”—James Oakes, The New York Review of Books. Dead march is a revisionist history of the Mexican American war. He makes a convincing argument that Mexico lost due to its lack of resources in comparison to the United states. The standard explanation has been that Mexico was less patriotic than the united states/5(63).

The Mexican-American War is too little studied today. Guardino's swift-moving, broad-ranging history is a welcome remedy. READ REVIEW. bookshelf 0; THE DEAD MARCH A HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR. by Peter Guardino ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 28, The history of a war of expansion and empire that reverberates today in talk of border. By focusing on the experiences of ordinary Mexicans and Americans,The Dead Marchoffers a clearer historical picture than we have ever had of the brief, bloody war that redrew the map of North America. Peter Guardino invites skepticism about the received view that the United States emerged victorious in the Mexican-American War () because its democratic system was more stable and its. The Dead March.: By focusing on the experiences of ordinary Mexicans and Americans, The Dead March offers a clearer historical picture than we have ever had of the brief, bloody war that redrew the map of North America. Peter Guardino invites skepticism about the received view that the United States emerged victorious in the Mexican-American.

The Mexican-American War is too little studied today. Guardino’s swift-moving, broad-ranging history is a welcome remedy. ” —Kirkus Reviews “ The U.S. war with Mexico (–48), an often overlooked part of American history, had a huge impact on the development of both countries. Guardino presents the story of the war through the eyes. Dead march is a revisionist history of the Mexican American war. He makes a convincing argument that Mexico lost due to its lack of resources in comparison to the United states. The standard explanation has been that Mexico was less patriotic than the united states. A masterful telling of the Mexican-American War [It] is written in such a way that it will be appealing to all readers. Scholars will benefit from Peter Guardino’s immense expertise in both U.S. and Mexican history and from the book’s complex interwoven arguments concerning issues of race, religion, and gender.