TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merry,Robert W.
TI  - A country of vast designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent 
SN  - 9780743297431
AV  - E417 .M1153 2009
U1  - 973.6/1092 22
PY  - 0000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Polk, James K.
KW  - Polk, James Knox,
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - fast
KW  - Territorial expansion
KW  - Territoriale conflicten
KW  - gtt
KW  - Expansie (macht)
KW  - Staatsvorming
KW  - 1845-1849
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-550) and index
N2  - Merry examines how, in a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny by expanding its territory across the continent
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