A Country of Vast Designs

A Country of Vast Designs
Author: Robert W. Merry
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2010-11-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 074329744X

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ROBERT MERRY’S BRILLIANT AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED HISTORY OF A CRUCIAL EPOCH IN U.S. HISTORY. In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America’s Manifest Destiny—extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico.


A Country of Vast Designs
Language: en
Pages: 592
Authors: Robert W. Merry
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-02 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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ROBERT MERRY’S BRILLIANT AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED HISTORY OF A CRUCIAL EPOCH IN U.S. HISTORY. In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of Ameri
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