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For duty and honor : Tennessee's Mexican War experience
- Title
- For duty and honor : Tennessee's Mexican War experience / Timothy D. Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, Timothy D., 1957-
- Publication
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- ix, 302 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This is the first full-length work on the state's involvement in the Mexican War. Tennessee contributed a huge number of volunteers to the war effort, and Johnson's account not only seeks to describe the military context but also to explore the motivations of Tennessee soldiers. Their notions of duty, a martial mentality and strong sense of masculinity, and the aspirations of a new nationalism all combined to create a culture of honor that was the ideological wellspring for the operation. For Tennesseans, as for many Americans, the war wasn't without controversy, especially as battle casualties mounted, disease spread, the incompetence of military leaders (including Tennessee's own Gideon Pillow) became apparent"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Background: Politics and Texas -- Tennessee volunteers -- From Tennessee to the Rio Grande -- Fandango in Monterrey -- Caught in the idleness of war -- Mexico's Gibraltar -- An honorable martyrdom: Cerro Gordo -- Opposition in the Volunteer State -- The pillow factor -- Mexican War legacies -- The quest for recognition and respect -- Epilogue: Final dispositions.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-5463
- ISBN
- 9781621904380
- 1621904385
- LCCN
- 2018019675
- 40028872076
- OCLC
- 1032290157
- Author
- Johnson, Timothy D., 1957- author.
- Title
- For duty and honor : Tennessee's Mexican War experience / Timothy D. Johnson.
- Publisher
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2018]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Form:
- Online version: Johnson, Timothy D., 1957- For duty and honor. First edition. Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2018] 9781621904397 (DLC) 2018019967
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028872076
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-5463