"The War with Mexico" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by an American historian Justin Harvey Smith. The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered Mexican territory since the government did not recognize the treaty signed by Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna when he was a prisoner of the Texian Army during the 1836 Texas Revolution. For Mexico, this was a provocation: Mexican forces attacked U.S. forces, and the United States Congress declared war._x000D_ Volume 1: _x000D_ Mexico and the Mexicans_x000D_ The Political Education of Mexico_x000D_ The Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1825–1843_x000D_ The Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1843–1846_x000D_ The Mexican Attitude on the Eve of War_x000D_ The American Attitude on the Eve of War_x000D_ The Preliminaries of the Conflict_x000D_ Palo Alto and Resaca de Guerrero_x000D_ The United States Meets the Crisis_x000D_ The Chosen Leaders Advance_x000D_ Taylor Sets out for Saltillo_x000D_ Monterey_x000D_ Saltillo, Parras, and Tampico_x000D_ Santa Fe_x000D_ Chihuahua_x000D_ The California Question_x000D_ The Conquest of California_x000D_ The Genesis of Two Campaigns_x000D_ Santa Anna Prepares to Strike_x000D_ Buena Vista_x000D_ Volume 2: _x000D_ Behind the Scenes at Mexico_x000D_ Vera Cruz_x000D_ Cerro Gordo_x000D_ Puebla_x000D_ On to the Capital_x000D_ Contreras and Churubusco_x000D_ Negotiations_x000D_ Molino del Rey, Chapultepec and Mexico_x000D_ Final Military Operations_x000D_ The Naval Operations_x000D_ The Americans as Conquerors_x000D_ Peace_x000D_ The Finances of the War_x000D_ The War in American Politics_x000D_ The Foreign Relations of the War