Describes how, instead of the promised prosperity, the enlisted soldiers for the United States in the Mexican War of 1846 reacted to their harsh treatment by pillaging in the Mexican countryside; and discusses the effect of these actions on the on racial tension in the nineteenth century.
year: 2002
call number/section: 973.6
subjects: united states, army, history, mexican war, 1846-1848, social aspects, soldiers, united states, social conditions, influence