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Excerpt from A Thunder of Cannon: Archeology of the Mexican-American War Battlefield of Palo Alto Alto battlefield is the site of the first major engagement between the forces of Mexico and s during the mexican-american War. The May 8, 1846 battle was the first between the s and a foreign power since the War of 1812. In addition, it was the first major test of fthe United States Military Academy against a foreign army. Of all mexican-american War on United States soil (texas, California, and Mexico), Palo Alto is the only one that has general physical and visual integrity. Because of its historical significance, Palo Alto ms was established June 23, 1992, when the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site )2-304) established a -acre national historic site. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Winner, Clotilde P. Garcia Tejano Book Prize The opening campaign of the US-Mexican War transformed the map of each nation and shaped the course of conflict. Armed with a broad range of Mexican military documents and previously unknown US sources, Douglas Murphy provides the first balanced view of early battles such as Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He reassesses previously covered territory and also poses new questions. Why did Mexico establish its defenses south of the Rio Grande while claiming territory north of the river? What was Mexico’s strategy in the campaign against the United States? What factors most affected Mexico’s defeat? In confronting these questions, Murphy shows that the campaign was a complex chess match with undercurrents of political intrigue, economic motivations, and personal animosities as much as military action. Two Armies on the Rio Grande will transform our understanding of the US-Mexican War.