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For over twenty years Douglas Murphy has worked as an historian at the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, the only federally-protected site from the US-Mexican War. Drawing upon battle reports, journals, and letters from both US and Mexican archives, Murphy provides a rare glimpse into the minds of the leaders of the opposing sides and skillfully narrates the inciting events that ultimately led to conflict. Two Armies on the Rio Grande fills an important gap in the historiography of the US-Mexican War and sheds considerable light on a poorly understood campaign that ultimately changed the course of world history. --Michael Scott Van Wagenen, author, Remembering the Forgotten War: The Enduring Legacies of the US-Mexican War

For overtwenty years Douglas Murphy has worked as an historian at the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, the only federally-protected site from the US-Mexican War. Drawing upon battle reports, journals, and letters from both US and Mexican archives, Murphy provides a rare glimpse into the minds of the leaders of the opposing sides and skillfully narrates the inciting events that ultimately led to conflict. Two Armies on the Rio Grande fills an important gap in the historiography of the US-Mexican War and sheds considerable light on a poorly understood campaign that ultimately changed the course of world history. --Michael Scott Van Wagenen, author, Remembering the Forgotten War: The Enduring Legacies of the US-Mexican War

It is extremely rare to find such a well-researched, well laid out and colorful story in a historical document. Douglas Murphy has taken dates and people of history and done just that. . . Murphy has explained brilliantly not only conditions, but also an in-depth look at the way the war was viewed by both countries and especially insight into the way military men think and react. . . it is refreshing to see such candor and fairness when dealing with the conflicts of man. True West Magazine --Max Oliver True West Magazine (04/14/2015)

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Douglas Murphy is park historian and chief of operations at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park. He also serves as an adjunct professor of history at the University of Texas at Brownsville, USA.

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