A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent - Robert W. Merry

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. President James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever-consequential, comes to life in this compelling, perceptive portrait ( The Wall Street Journal ) biography of the 11th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson prot g , and champion of manifest destiny. In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America's Manifest Destiny--extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico. A crucial architect of modern America, James K. Polk deserves to be elevated out of the mists of history (Jon Meacham, author of American Lion ).