One of the most controversial conflicts in US history, the Mexican-American War erupted as President James K. Polk sought to extend the borders of the...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has made it a top priority to rid his country of ruthless drug cartels. The response has been unprecedented violence across...
For more than 150 years, historians have crafted narratives of the US--Mexican War with virtually no conceptual space for the stateless peoples who actually controlled...
The spectacular violence of Mexico's drug war grabs international attention. Some 40000 people have been killed since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed Mexican military...
The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119) In this lecture, Professor Blight discusses some of the conflicts, controversies, and compromises that led up to the...