THE BOOK “War of a Thousand Deserts” by Brian Leday must be used as the basis of this essay and have multiple quotes as evidence throughout the essay.
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Citations: for information drawn from the book you will need to provide a page number citation at the end of the sentence in parentheses.
Each book review must cover the following three areas (in your reviews, you may use subheadings, if necessary, to indicate where you address each area): (1) A summary of the book (2) Tying the book into the historical context: make sure that you keep your review grounded in a chronology and a geography. Keep a sense of sequence of events, and where things happen. (3) Reflection: For this part, you will draw upon given prompts to evaluate historical arguments and concepts.
BOOK REVIEW QUESTION: you may split your paper into two sections: “Synopsis,” and “Reflection.” In “Synopsis” briefly summarize War of a Thousand Deserts. Make sure your summarization retains a sense of both chronology and geography. You should explicitly identify where and when significant events in the book occur, and how they effect the course of Texas. This section should not exceed two pages. In “Reflection” focus your writing according to the following question — To what extent do you think that Indian Raiding shaped Americans’ view of Mexico and Mexicans? Using the book and other materials from this unit comment on how Americans viewed Mexico, how Americans explained and justified events like the annexation of Texas and the invasion of Mexico. Do you think the “deserts” in the Southwest created by Indian raiding paved the path for American expansion into Northern Mexico?
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