A glorious defeat mexico and its war with the united states english edition ebook henderson timothy j amazonde kindle shop. First the author states that he seeks to explain why mexico went to war with the united states in 1846 p xvii at the end of the book he offers as explanation a mexican newspapers statement that defeat and death on the sabine would be glorious and beautiful and to be preferred over infamous and execrable peace p 191 while editorial writers are entitled to use such florid prose the leaders of any nation that considers itself invaded have little choice other than . Among generations of latin americans it helped to cement the image of the united states as an arrogant aggressive and imperialist nation poisoning relations between a young america and its. The war that was fought between the united states and mexico from 1846 to 1848 was a major event in the history of both countries it cost mexico half of its national territory opened western north america to us expansion and brought to the surface a host of tensions that led to devastating civil wars in both countries among generations of latin americans it helped to cement the image of the united states as an arrogant aggressive and imperialist nation poisoning relations between a