The University Of Tennessee Press, Date: 2004. Hardcover. Fine. As new . Still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap . 2004. The University Of Tennessee Press ISBN 1572333049 9781572333048 [US]

ISBN10: 1572333049, ISBN13: 9781572333048, [publisher: The University Of Tennessee Press, Knoxville] Hardcover First Edition As new . Still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap .
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ISBN10: 1572333049, ISBN13: 9781572333048, [publisher: Univ Tennessee Press] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 1572333049, ISBN13: 9781572333048, [publisher: University of Tennessee Press, Chicago] Hardcover Hardcover. In the second half of 1845 the focus of Polks correspondence shifted from those issues relating to the formation of his administration and distribution of part patronage to those that would give shape and consequence to his presidency: the admission of Texas, preparation for its defense, restoration of diplomatic relations with Mexico, and termination of joint occupancy of the Oregon Country. For the most part the incoming letters tended to urge rather more militancy on the Texas and Oregon questions than Polk would adopt, and notions of national destiny registered a singular theme of buoyant confidence in taking on both Mexico and Great Britain if military action should be required. President Polk and Secretary of State James Buchanan succeeded in both using and controlling the surge of nationalism that heightened expectations for expansion westward. Polk and Buchanan agreed on the importance of reestablishing diplomatic relations with Mexico, but the President chose to take a personal hand in managing the selection and instruction of John Slidell, whose departure for Vera Cruz would not be made public until he had arrived in Mexico. Polk wanted to give the fledgling Mexican administration of Jose` Joaqui`n Herrera a chance to compose Mexicos differences with Washington free of contrary pressures from Great Britain and France; and he fully understood ...
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