Author: Thomas M. Leonard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780842026475
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
James K. Polk's four years in office marked the greatest period of territorial acquisition in the history of the USA. This is an analysis of each of these expansions, showing that they were far more complex than the moral crusade that had been labelled Manifest Destiny.