{"product_id":"to-conquer-a-peace-john-edward-weems-9780890963302","title":"To Conquer a Peace: The War Between the United States and Mexico","description":"The text of this book represents not a catalogue of names, dates, and statistics of the war between the United States and Mexico but an attempt to tell the story of that conflict and to depict its color, drama, tragedy, and meaning mainly through the use of ten principal characters who participated in the war and who left behind written accounts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome men in government during the administration of James K. Polk used a four-word maxim to describe the goal of the United States in the war against Mexico, which resulted from years of bickering and bitterness between the two nations. A paraphrase was used even by General Winfield Scott, a Whig and thus a political opponent of Democrat Polk. The words were \"\u003ci\u003eto conquer a peace.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Edward Weems\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0890963304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890963302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 1.30d","brand":"John Edward Weems","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926780313855,"sku":"9780890963302","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4c25582e-a324-4d03-9687-d7b2a4c9f8f8.jpg?v=1681084967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-conquer-a-peace-john-edward-weems-9780890963302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}