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Invasión Yanqui(2414 clicks)
The Mexican War. Interactive site.

Merchant Marine in the Mexican-American War(1858 clicks)
Role of the merchant marine in the war.

Mexican and Civil War Books (189 image records)(1900 clicks)

Mexican-American War Memorial Homepage(2073 clicks)
From Mexico. In English or Spanish

Monuments, Manifest Destiny, and Mexico(591 clicks)
by Michael Dear

The Impact of the U.S.-Mexican War(2780 clicks)
Short but valuable essay on the war's impact.

The Mexican-American War and the Media(2369 clicks)
Transcriptions of over 5700 newspapers articles published in the Times (London), the Niles' National Register, the Richmond Whig, and the Martinsburg Gazette between 1845 and 1848 relevant to the Mexican-American war. Also includes links to digital archives with illustrations from the period, chronologies, and bibliographies.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848(1999 clicks)
By which Mexico lost 45% of its territory.

Two Bloody Days at Buena Vista(2219 clicks)
The most important battle of the Mexican War.

US-Mexican War(2695 clicks)
PBS site

War Message of President Polk, May 11, 1846(2078 clicks)
In order to get Congress to declare war on Mexico, Polk made the dubious, at best, claim that American blood had been spilled on American soil,