Lone Star (1968)
“ THE LA GRANGE MONUMENT, ON THE NEW MEXICO BOUNDARY BILL, 1850 THE Mexican War is now generally seen by American and other historians for what it was: a Presidential war of dominant Administration policy, carried out for strategic reasons against the wishes of a considerable body of public opinion. The war was tremendously successful for two reasons: American arms were surprisingly and quickly victorious, and the goals, immense though they might seem, were limited to the acquisition of ter...ritory either useless to, or only under the nominal control of, Mexico. The American armies secured a treaty and evacuated Mexico before a popular uprising against occupation could commence, as the Spanish rose against Napoleon or the Mexicans would later rise against Maximilian, and the folly of annexing the millions of Mexico was avoided. The United States never wanted to own or control Mexico, but to assure its subordination: Mexico was removed permanently as a rival for the continent. The year 1848 marked the first time the American Republic was at last strategically secure.MoreLess
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