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Norman A. Graebner, Empire on the Pacific (New York, 1955), 217-28. See also Norman A. Graebner, "The Mexican War: A Study in Causation," Pacific Historical Review 49 (August 1980): 405-26. 18. Josefina Vazquez de Knauth, ...
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