Review of “James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse” by Sam Haynes

January 15, 2014

“James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse” is Sam Haynes’s 1996 biography of our eleventh president. He is also the …

Review of “Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America” by Walter Borneman

January 13, 2014

“Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America” is the fifth of ten books by historian and lawyer (and …

January 10, 2014

“A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent” is Robert …