write:Eisenhower focuses on the various people involved in the war—including James K. Polk Winfield Scott and Ulysses S. Grant—to provide a personalview of the conflict. González

John S. D. So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico
1846–1848. New York:Random House
1989. This popular account by a nonscholar blends military historywith biography. Eisenhower focuses on the various people involved in the war—including James K. Polk
Winfield Scott
and Ulysses S. Grant—to provide a personalview of the conflict.González
Deena J. Refusing the Favor: The Spanish-Mexican Women of Santa Fe
1820–1880. New York: Oxford University Press
1999. Focusing on the impact of theAmerican conquest on women in New Mexico
González shows that while mostwomen in Santa Fe lost honor and status following the U.S. takeover
some wereable to resist domination and make the new order work for them.Griswold del Castillo
Richard. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict.Norman: University of Oklahoma Press
1990. Examining the treaty that ended theU.S. war with Mexico
this book focuses on the framing of the accord as well as itspolitical
economic
and social effects on ethnic Mexicans throughout the years.Horsman
Reginald. Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
1981. A classic study that argues forthe importance of racial thought in the war’s origins and its aermath. Ultimately
this book makes clear the centrality of race in U.S. history.Johannsen
Robert W. To the Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the AmericanImagination. New York: Oxford University Press
1985. Detailing the popularrepresentations emerging from the U.S. war with Mexico
Johannsen providesincisive analysis that highlights the conflict’s significance in U.S. history and showsthat the mid-nineteenthcentury American romantic impulse was intrinsically linkedto imperial ventures.McCaffrey
James M. Army of Manifest Destiny: The American Soldier in the Mexican War
1846–1848. New York: New York University Press
1992. A social history of soldiers inthe war
Army of Manifest Destiny is concerned with the everyday experiences of thecombatants and describes their emotions and attitudes about the conflict.