Origins of the War with Mexico: The Polk-Stockton IntrigueUniversity of Texas Press, 1967 - 189 pages Examines the involvement between President James K. Polk and landowner / businessman Robert F. Stockton in the Mexican War of 1846-1848. |
Contents
Stocktons Effort To Finance a War | 118 |
European Intervention in the Texas Game | 131 |
The Collapse of the PolkStockton Intrigue | 139 |
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