WARS OF THE MEXICAN GULF: The Breakaway Republics of Texas and Yucatan, US Mexican War, and Limits of Empire 1835-1850

Examines the breakaway republics of Texas and Yucatan and demonstrates how the war was not only a manifestation of American expansionism and internal Mexican disunion, but a geostrategic contest involving European states seeking to curtail a nascent imperial powers dominance in North America. Photos.