James K. Polk and the Expanisonist Impulse

This biography explores the controversies, triumphs, and failures of the presidency of James K. Polk. Sam W. Haynes places Polk's expansionist agenda in both political and social contexts and examines the nature and origins of the expansionist impulse. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focus on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.Haynes, Sam W. is the author of 'James K. Polk and the Expanisonist Impulse', published 2001 under ISBN 9780321087980 and ISBN 0321087984.