Rod’s Reviews > A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States > Status Update
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Mexico's weakness with respect to the United States, which lay at the root of the conflict, was no one's fault but was rather the result of a long and complex history.
— Feb 22, 2024 09:35PM
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The Mexicans had not invaded American territory. The Americans, rather, had provoked an attack in territory they claimed on dubious grounds.
— Mar 03, 2024 09:57PM
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Timely exhibitions of reckless courage were capable of distracting the Mexican people from a host of domestic woes.
— Feb 28, 2024 08:35PM
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How could Mexico possibly keep Texas, if Mexicans could not agree among themselves? (General Manuel de Mier y Terán, 1832)
— Feb 27, 2024 08:47PM
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Like all enlightened republicans, he professed to believe that nations should possess the right to determine their own course; yet at the same time he derided any system that did not closely resemble that of the United States
— Feb 25, 2024 08:10PM
