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What a jewel!!!!
What an eye opening book. I have never imagined that our Mexican history was so twisted and full of... holes. I am from a Mexican decent and through out my early and adolescent years, had been tought history in a very dark way. I grew up blaming the wrong people for the wrong deeds.
As I read this amazing side of Mexican history, written by an Anglo and unbiased by all means, I can tell you that the blind fold comes down like a heavy rock on your brains. Now I understand more the full lie that all the Mexican people have been living since then. If you’re fortunate you’ll take this amazing part of history, if you want to be fortunate, get the book and devour it as if life depended on it.


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So Far From God The U S War With Mexico 18461848 John S D Eisenhower 9780806132792 Books Reviews

Good read. Like many historical events; 1st Indochina War, Philippines Insurrection, Spanish Civil War, Boxer Rebellion,there just aren't that many histories,(especially modern) on the Mexican War. This book fills that void. A good solid history of a conflict that not many Americans know much about, but still resounds through modern times. I've heard other reviewers criticize this book because of it's maps, however I found them adequate.
I also enjoyed Eisenhower's writing style. I would now like to read his book on The Battle Of The Bulge, "The Haunted Woods".
I enjoyed this read, mostly because my knowledge of the Mexican War was pretty much limited to knowing there were battles at Monterey and Chapultapec and a landing at Vera Cruz, all under the presidency of Polk. As for the rest of the war, and particularly the partisan political motivations and jealousies at work in Washington and in the Army, I was naive.

Eisenhower's writing, while not always fluid or easy-reading, nonetheless tells the story in a manner that conveys the history. As I believe others have noted, this book is more a military history than a political history of the war. That said, Eisenhower presents enough of the Washington machinations for the reader to appreciate what brought about the war and how politicians played a role in its prosecution and outcome.
In order to have a clear picture of the American Invasion of Mexico in 1847, this book is absolutely necessary; otherwise you do not get the point of view of the American side; the perfect discription of weapons, armies, battles. Another MUST for the subject if Santa Anna of Mexico by Fowler.
IRMA DICKINSON
"So Far from God" is John S.D. Eisenhower's highly readable and fairly comprehensive account of the U.S. war with Mexico 1846-1848. In around 400 pages, Eisenhower manages to cover the Texas war for independence, the U.S. political debate over its annexation, U.S. interest in California, the tangle of Mexican politics, and the war itself. Eisenhower's battle narrative follows the fighting from the opening skirmishes along the Rio Grande to the fighting in northeastern Mexico including the climactic Battle of Buena Vista, to the oddly inept struggle for California, to General Winfield Scott's daring invasion of Mexico through Veracruz that ended in Mexico City.

Eisenhower is nothing if not a fairminded historian, presenting both sides of what remains a deeply controversial war. In the process, the author makes clear just how narrow was the margin of U.S. victory in a string of battles fought deep inside Mexican territory. This reviewer was especially impressed with the daring expeditions of several U.S. commands across the empty wastelands of the Southwest, including the long trek of Doniphan's Missouri volunteers from Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, through Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Buena Vista.

While the battle narrative is quite good, the author truly excells in following the politics behind the war, with the Polk administration in Washington, D.C., the eratic reign of Santa Ana as off and on political leader of Mexico, and the savage backbiting amongst ambitious generals in both armies. "So Far from God" is very highly recommended as a good history and a good read.
So Far from God, by John S. D. Eisenhower (brigadier general in the Army Reserve, ambassador to Belgium, and president's son) is a military history of the Mexican War of 1846-48. The title is taken from the quote from Mexican General Porfirio Diaz "Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States".

I read this book as a counter-point to A Country of Vast Designs by Robert W. Merry, which I have also reviewed on . While Merry's book is historically factual and very well written, it did leave me with the feeling that he was less than objective in his favorable treatment of President Polk. Eisenhower's book is a good counter-point in that it is also historically factual, provides far more detail on military tactics, and is not biased in favor of Polk. If Eisenhower displays any bias, it is toward the field commanders, Generals Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor, in their dealings with Polk. I can't find much to criticize about Taylor's dealings with the president, but I believe there was plenty of fault to be shared between Scott and Polk. Scott was a superb field commander who planned and executed the amphibious landing of his army at Veracruz, capture of that city, overland march, capture of Mexico City, and occupation of that city almost flawlessly. He was cited by no less authority than the Duke of Wellington as the "greatest living soldier". However, Scott was also egotistical, insubordinate to both the President and the Secretary of War, and fully deserving of his troops' nickname, "Old Fuss and Feathers."

My only criticism of Eisenhower's book is that it needs a better editor. Senator Lewis Cass is cited as the senator from Ohio; he represented Michigan. Polk's emissary to John C. Fremont (who commanded a US Army expedition in California) was US Marine Lieutenant Archibald H. Gillespie; Eisenhower renames him "Arnold H. Gillespie". These are perhaps trivial errors, but they leave me wondering what other errors I might have missed.

If you are looking for a detailed description of the US military campaign in the Mexican War, read Eisenhower's book. On the other hand, if you want the war put into a larger picture which involves US politics, the concurrent US-British dispute over the Oregon Country (which almost led to war), and British involvement in the Republic of Texas preceding the Mexican War, read Merry's book.
What a jewel!!!!
What an eye opening book. I have never imagined that our Mexican history was so twisted and full of... holes. I am from a Mexican decent and through out my early and adolescent years, had been tought history in a very dark way. I grew up blaming the wrong people for the wrong deeds.
As I read this amazing side of Mexican history, written by an Anglo and unbiased by all means, I can tell you that the blind fold comes down like a heavy rock on your brains. Now I understand more the full lie that all the Mexican people have been living since then. If you’re fortunate you’ll take this amazing part of history, if you want to be fortunate, get the book and devour it as if life depended on it.