A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico - Amy S. Greenberg - Google Books

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Often forgotten and overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S.…