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Climax at Buena Vista - The Decisive Battle of the Mexican-American War (Paperback)
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Climax at Buena Vista - The Decisive Battle of the Mexican-American War (Paperback)
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The ferocity and magnitude of the American Civil War eclipses that
of all other nineteenth-century conflicts, but the hard fighting
and tactics that played out between the North and South were first
developed during the Mexican-American War of the late 1840s. It was
during this struggle between two regional powers that the United
States showed that it could muster soldiers representing far-flung
states of the Union-Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, and
Mississippi-and officers fresh from West Point, testing the
military preparedness of the young nation. In Climax at Buena
Vista, David Lavender tells the complete story of the turning point
in the Mexican-American War. In an effort to secure Texas firmly as
a state, the United States declared war on Mexico and launched an
invasion, including an effort to capture Mexico City from the north
and from the coast. The American plans fell short, however, and
attempts were made to achieve a decisive victory through shifting
troops to various points of attack. This strategy depleted the
forces led by General Zachary Taylor, and in February 1847, near
the small outpost of Buena Vista, he and his roughly 4,500 regulars
found themselves facing an army of more than 20,000 Mexican
soldiers led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. What should
have been a rout ended up in a draw, with the American troops
maneuvering quickly and regrouping in order to keep the surrounding
Mexican troops from completely overrunning their position. Santa
Anna was forced to withdraw and, with the Mexican forces
demoralized, the Americans were able to reignite the offensive and
ultimately force Mexico to sue for peace. David Lavender's
acclaimed account of this battle allows the reader to understand
the complex and confusing movements of the opposing forces, and it
places the war in the greater American political context, where
huge territories were acquired and future presidents groomed.
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