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Mexican Gibraltar: When Americans Fought for Monterrey
Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how past lessons about strategy, operations, and tactics apply to current defense challenges.In 1846, following its annexation of Texas, the United States went to war with Mexico over disputed territory in the Southwest and to enforce its declared southern boundary with Mexico: the Rio Grande. The U.S. president, James K. Polk, had campaigned on a policy platform of territorial expansion and sought to establish the United States as a hemispheric power. Polk coveted California and its The post Mexican Gibraltar: When Americans Fought for Monterrey appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how past lessons about strategy, operations, and tactics apply to current defense challenges.In 1846, following its annexation of Texas, the United States went to war with Mexico over disputed territory in the Southwest and to enforce its declared southern boundary with Mexico: the Rio Grande. The U.S. president, James K. Polk, had campaigned on a policy platform of territorial expansion and sought to establish the United States as a hemispheric power. Polk coveted California and its
The post Mexican Gibraltar: When Americans Fought for Monterrey appeared first on War on the Rocks.
