Looking back at the Mexican War of 1848

The Training Ground, by Martin Dugard
"The Training Ground," by Martin Dugard
Cover image courtesy of Little, Brown & Company

The Mexican War, a war between the United States and Mexico, took place in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Martin Dugard, author of "The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman and Davis in the Mexican War 1846-1848," recounts the story of that war and its impact on future American wars.

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