A Wicked WarBy: Amy S. Greenberg The definitive history of the often forgotten U. S. Mexican War paints an intimate portrait of the major players and their worldfrom Indian fights and Manifest Destiny, to secret military maneuvers, gunshot wounds, and political spin. If one can read only a single book about the Mexican American War, this is the one to read. The New York Review of Books Often overlooked, the U. S. Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and