Download or read book Plan De Negocios Para Una Startup 5 Pilares Esenciales que todo Emprendedor debe conocer para conseguir Inversionistas a su Idea Spanish Book written by Carlos C?rdenas Verde and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Es muy com?n cuando tenemos la voluntad de comenzar un camino nuevo buscamos la directriz, el camino a seguir, el plan para comenzar: en la universidad es el plan de estudios, en un trabajo el manual de procedimientos, inclusive para hacer una torta o cualquier comida se parte de una receta; al momento de comenzar un negocio muchas veces no la tenemos tan sencillo ¿verdad?, la decisi?n de emprender nos va a llevar por un nuevo sendero y entonces nos preguntamos ¿c?mo empiezo? Tenemos miedo y a veces frustraci?n por no conseguir el apoyo de alguien que nos diga cu?l es el camino, te dir? algo que tal vez suene duro pero tu negocio o tu idea no le importa a nadie m?s que a ti , y eres t? quien debe tomar las riendas y sacar esa idea adelante. T? eres quien conoce el problema y haz hallado la forma de darle soluci?n, ahora es tiempo de darle forma convertir el sue?o en una meta, la idea en un plan. Existen muchas empresas que al igual que t? han comenzado de la nada y han podido construir un negocio rentable, solo necesitas encaminar todos los esfuerzos y orientarlos a la obtenci?n de un modelo que te permita obtener dinero: crear tu PLAN DE NEGOCIO . El plan de Negocio te permitir? estructurar tu idea y ayudar? a crear esa visi?n necesaria que todo emprendedor requiere para tomar las riendas de su destino y construir paso a paso ese sue?o. Un plan de negocio te ayuda a ordenar las ideas, a evaluar y tomar decisiones sobre lo que aspiras obtener de tu negocio. Este instrumento que muchas veces es subestimado por muchas personas ha ayudado a muchos j?venes emprendedores a crear una startup que con el tiempo se ha convertido en una gran empresa, y eso se debe a que te permite establecer datos reales sobre tu negocio y tus posibles clientes. Plan de Negocios para una Startup da la visi?n y ayuda a todas aquellas personas que est?n desorientadas con respecto a c?mo debe componerse un negocio, conocer el nicho, poder analizar tu mercado, derrumbar barreras y medir los recursos que ser?n necesarios para poder definir tu negocio antes de invertir tu dinero. En este libro se detallar?n los aspectos fundamentales que componen al modelo de negocio que conllevar? a compenetrarte m?s con tu idea y cuantificar los posibles resultados que se obtengan. La idea de este libro es compartir de una forma sencilla el ¿Por qu? es necesario un plan de negocio? ¿Qu? beneficios trae confeccionar uno? ¿Cu?nto tiempo me llevar? elaborar uno? ¿Necesitar? ayuda para definirlo? Solo te puedo decir que es una herramienta para que el inversionista (dependiendo el caso para ti o un tercero) no se confunda o comprenda otra cosa. Este libro se desarrolla sin tanto tecnicismo es una base para que en tu inicio como emprendedor puedas avanzar en el mundo de los negocios, te brindar? los aspectos claves de tu negocio para que puedas iniciar con el pie derecho y sin miedo de que falles en tu emprendimiento. Un emprendedor que sabe lo que quiere dif?cilmente se pierde en el camino, dirige a su equipo a la consecuci?n diaria de metas hasta obtener su objetivo. ¿Qu? esperas? Crea tu plan, crea tu destino, crea tu negocio exitoso.
Download or read book Sustaining Change in Universities written by Burton R. Clark and published by Open University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Burton R. Clark uses case studies from 14 innovative institutions to propose a new conceptual framework offering original insights into ways of initiating and sustaining change in universities.
Download or read book Technology Policy and Economic Performance written by Christopher Freeman and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1987 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Inter-American Development Bank and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic analyses. Each chapter is dedicated to an examination of a different factor affecting firm productivity - innovation, ICT usage, on-the-job-training, firm age, access to credit, and international linkages - highlighting the differences in firm characteristics, behaviors, and strategies. By showcasing this remarkable heterogeneity, this collection challenges regional policymakers to look beyond one-size-fits-all solutions and create balanced policy mixes tailored to distinct firm needs. This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license.
Download or read book Entrepreneurship in BRICS written by Renata Lèbre La Rovere and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents selected articles that discuss important issues related to entrepreneurship in Brazil, Russia, India and China as well as contributions from authors whose countries have a tradition on entrepreneurship support, such as Italy and the UK. The articles were presented and discussed in a conference on Entrepreneurship in Brazil in November 2013 organized by the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and IBMEC Business School. This book covers four essential themes: financing entrepreneurs, innovation environments, social entrepreneurship and e-entrepreneurship.
Download or read book Public Opinion written by Walter Lippmann and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Lippmann wrote his "Public Opinion" at a time when something like the 'mass media' was coming into existence. Prior to the age of electronic communication, the only mechanism for reaching large numbers of individuals was the newspapers. In World War I, he saw how opportunistic nations used the newspapers to serve their often nefarious aims. Lippmann, however, believed that in the hands of super-intelligent, disinterested, omni-benevelont 'experts, ' the 'mass media' could bring about world peace. The school system, the advent of radio, and of course, the television, were arriving or coming along shortly. Each allowed a small group of people the ability to manage a much larger group, inspiring optimism among liberals and progressives that with the right forumula, the horrors seen in World War I would never occur again. Lippmann wrote "Public Opinion" in 1922, shortly after World War I. In 1924, a certain Adolf Hitler would be spending time in jail. If this merited any mention in any newspaper, it is doubtful that no expert paid it any mind. 1939 was, after all, a long way off.
Download or read book Innovation Networks written by Knut Koschatzky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation networks are a major source for acquiring new information and knowledge and thus for supporting innovation processes. Despite the many theoretical and empirical contributions to the explanation of networks, many questions still remain open. For example: How can networks, if they do not emerge by their own, be initiated? How can fragmentation in innovation systems be overcome? And how can networking experience from market economies be transferred to the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe? By presenting a selection of papers which address innovation networking from theoretical and political viewpoints, the book aims at giving answers to these questions.
Download or read book Images of Canadianness written by Leen D'Haenens and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of Canadianness offers backgrounds and explanations for a series of relevant--if relatively new--features of Canada, from political, cultural, and economic angles. Each of its four sections contains articles written by Canadian and European experts that offer original perspectives on a variety of issues: voting patterns in English-speaking Canada and Quebec; the vitality of French-language communities outside Quebec; the Belgian and Dutch immigration waves to Canada and the resulting Dutch-language immigrant press; major transitions taking place in Nunavut; the media as a tool for self-government for Canada's First Peoples; attempts by Canadian Indians to negotiate their position in society; the Canada-US relationship; Canada's trade with the EU; and Canada's cultural policy in the light of the information highway.
Download or read book NAFTA at 20 written by M. Angeles Villarreal and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been in effect since January 1, 1994. Signed by President George H.W. Bush on December 17, 1992, and approved by Congress on November 20, 1993, the NAFTA Implementation Act was signed into law by President William J. Clinton on December 8, 1993 (P.L. 103-182). NAFTA continues to be of interest to Congress because of the importance of Canada and Mexico as U.S. trading partners, and also because of the implications NAFTA has for U.S. trade policy. This report provides an overview of North American trade liberalization before NAFTA, an overview of NAFTA provisions, the economic effects of NAFTA, and policy considerations."--Introduction.
Download or read book Emprendedor 10 Vive el sue o de emprender sin renunciar a tu empleo The 1 0 Entrepreneur Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job written by Patrick J. McGinnis and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ¡Vive el sueño de emprender sin renunciar a tu empleo! ¿Quién no quiere perseguir sus sueños, ser su propio jefe, hacer lo que ama y contar con todos los beneficios de la iniciativa empresarial sin ninguno de los riesgos? Emprendedor 10% te demuestra cómo al invertir 10% de tu tiempo y recursos puedes conseguir tu objetivo sin perder tu sueldo fijo. ¿Qué pasaría si existiera una forma de tener la estabilidad de un trabajo convencional con la emoción del emprendimiento? Convertirse en un emprendedor de tiempo completo puede parecer glamoroso desde afuera. Pero la verdad es que el emprendimiento requiere tiempo, esfuerzo y sacrificio, los primeros pasos de la apuesta están marcados por la inversión, la aventura y la incertidumbre económica. Patrick McGinnis, un emprendedor exitoso con más de una década de experiencia en Wall Street, te explica los múltiples caminos que puedes seguir para invertir tu dinero, tiempo y experiencia en una startup. No tienes que tener millones de pesos disponibles para ser un Emprendedor 10%. Cuando aplicas los principios de acción de McGinnis, de inmediato comienzas a acumular pequeñas victorias que se convertirán en las piezas clave para construir una carrera profesional exitosa y altamente efectiva. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Choosing between the stability of a traditional career and the upside of entrepreneurship? Why not have both? Becoming a full-time entrepreneur can look glamorous from the outside. Who doesn't want to chase their dreams, be their own boss, and do what they love? But the truth is that entrepreneurship is often a slog, with no regular hours, no job security, and very little pay. What if there was a way to have the stability of a day job with the excitement of a startup? All of the benefits of entrepreneurship with none of the pitfalls? In The 10% Entrepreneur, Patrick McGinnis shows you how, by investing just 10% of your time and resources, you can become an entrepreneur without losing a steady paycheck. McGinnis details a step-by-step plan that takes you from identifying your first entrepreneurial project to figuring out the smartest way to commit resources to it. He shows you how to select and engage in projects that will provide you with upside outside the office while making your better at your day job. He also profiles real-world 10% Entrepreneurs such as... •Luke Holden, a cash-strapped recent college graduate, who started his own lobster-roll empire and oversaw much of its first year of operations, all while working full time in corporate America •Dipali Patwa, a designer and mom whose side project designing and selling infant clothing is now a sensation. •A group of friends who met at a 6am Bible study class and went on to start a brewery that now generates millions in sales . A successful 10% Entrepreneur himself, McGinnis explains the multiple paths you can follow to invest your cash, time, and expertise in a start-up—including as a founder, angel, adviser, or aficionado. Most importantly, you don't have to have millions in disposable income to become a 10% Entrepreneur. When you put McGinnis's 10% principles into action, you'll quickly start racking up small wins, then watch as they snowball into your new (and far more entrepreneurial) life.
Download or read book Emprendiendo desde cero Estructura y elementos cruciales para iniciar un negocio propio written by Pierce Lynch and published by . This book was released on with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Emprendiendo desde cero: Estructura y elementos cruciales para iniciar un negocio propio. Estrategias claves para el éxito de tu negocio" Este libro es una guía imprescindible para todo aquel que desee aventurarse en el mundo del emprendimiento. Con una cobertura exhaustiva de cada fase del ciclo de vida empresarial, desde la fase inicial hasta la madurez, te proporciona una hoja de ruta clara para construir y gestionar un negocio próspero en un entorno económico incierto. Aquí encontrarás no solo teoría, sino también historias inspiradoras y consejos prácticos que transformarán tu enfoque empresarial. Aqui encontrarás: * Conocimiento Integral: Aprende sobre cada etapa del ciclo empresarial, desde la concepción de la idea hasta su realización y optimización. * Casos Reales: Historias vívidas y reales que ilustran los conceptos clave y facilitan la comprensión y aplicación de las estrategias. * Herramientas Prácticas: Ofrece herramientas y técnicas esenciales para manejar los desafíos del emprendimiento en tiempos de incertidumbre. * Consejos Expertos: Consejos directos y probados de empresarios exitosos y consultores de negocios. * Versatilidad: Ideal tanto para emprendedores novatos como para aquellos más experimentados que buscan refrescar o mejorar sus estrategias empresariales. ¡No esperes más para convertir tus ideas en un negocio exitoso!Adquiere tu copia de "Emprendiendo desde cero" y comienza a construir el futuro de tu empresa hoy. Disponible en librerías y plataformas en línea. ¡Emprende el camino hacia el éxito!
Download or read book Guia completa para escribir Planes y Prop sitos de Negocios written by Marshall Austin and published by . This book was released on with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La "Guía Completa para Escribir Planes y Propópsitos de Negocios" es tu hoja de ruta indispensable para transformar las ideas empresariales en realidades palpables. Este libro integral te equipa con todas las herramientas necesarias para crear documentos convincentes que no solo captarán la atención de inversores y stakeholders, sino que también te guiarán a través del proceso de implementación eficaz de tu visión empresarial. Aqui veremos: - Estrategias Detalladas: Aprende a estructurar un plan de negocio que refleje claramente tu visión, objetivos, y estrategias de mercado. - Persuasión Efectiva: Descubre técnicas probadas para redactar propuestas de negocio que persuadan y movilicen a inversores y socios potenciales. - Análisis de Mercado Profundo: Instrucciones paso a paso para realizar análisis de mercado que respalden tu propuesta y refuercen la viabilidad de su plan. - Preparación para el Éxito: Consejos sobre cómo anticiparte a preguntas críticas de inversores y cómo responderlas con confianza. Este libro es perfecto para emprendedores, propietarios de pequeñas empresas, y profesionales que buscan financiación o desean mejorar sus habilidades en la elaboración de propuestas y planes de negocio efectivos. ¡Actúa ahora! Adquiere tu copia hoy y empieza a construir el futuro de tu negocio con confianza y claridad. Transforma tus ideas en éxito asegurado con la guía experta que te proporcionará resultados concretos.
Download or read book Crear una empresa en la pr ctica written by José María, Sainz de Vicuña Ancín and published by ESIC. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En el último lustro han surgido numerosas start ups, instituciones públicas como el CDTI o el ICO están apoyando a las más prometedoras, y se ha ido tejiendo un ecosistema emprendedor porque la sociedad se ha ido concienciando de la necesidad de impulsar el emprendimiento de base tecnológica como fuente creadora de empleo. En este contexto, se han lanzado numerosas redes que buscan paliar uno de los obstáculos clave a la hora de promover el emprendimiento: la carencia de business angels actuando como smart capital que pudieran apoyar a las nuevas iniciativas empresariales. Poco a poco, se ha ido formando un ecosistema emprendedor cuyo referente es el existente en Silicon Valley (California). Y aunque quizás se haya multiplicado por doce la inversión por habitante respecto a 2010, estamos muy por debajo de países del norte de Europa como Suecia, Inglaterra o Irlanda por no citar Israel o Estados Unidos, en otras latitudes. Crear una empresa en la práctica está escrito por un profesional que posee amplio reconocimiento en el ámbito de la consultoría estratégica de alta dirección, que es business angel de varias start ups y que ha escrito numerosos libros. Crear una empresa en la práctica, como la mayor parte de las publicaciones de José María Sainz de Vicuña, es un libro escrito en base a experiencias en primera persona y, por lo tanto, destila praxis y situaciones reales en las que José María, como buen emprendedor, «ha puesto toda la carne en el asador». Se trata de un libro de interés tanto para aquellos que sienten el gusanillo de emprender, como para los que se encuentran inmersos en una aventura emprendedora, como para aquellos que buscan ser inversores «inteligentes» que puedan aportar a la nueva start up. Además, en estos tiempos que corren en los que casi todos los inversores early stage proclaman ser smart capital ante los emprendedores, Crear una empresa en la práctica permite ilustrar cómo un inversor puede apoyar a un emprendedor con su start up. Se titula así porque, para explicar los pasos que se deben seguir para crear una empresa, se hace a través de cinco casos reales de empresas de tamaño grande (Digital Inc), mediano (NewShop), pequeño (SDV) y start ups (Nire y Decoramus). Aquí es donde reside la auténtica diferencia entre este y otros libros sobre creación de empresas y planes de negocio. Para ello, se ha estructurado el libro en cuatro partes: una primera dedicada a exponer las claves del emprendimiento; una segunda, que presenta los principales hitos en la creación de una empresa; una tercera que ilustra cómo lo han hecho tres empresas a la hora de poner en marcha nuevos negocios en empresas establecidas; y una cuarta que, presentando dos casos reales, se centra en el mundo de las start ups. El libro concluye, a modo de epílogo, con unas reflexiones finales sobre lo expuesto a lo largo del mismo. En resumen, Crear una empresa en la práctica es totalmente recomendable porque cubre la laguna que tienen los emprendedores de que se les ilustre cuáles son, en la práctica, los principales hitos en la creación de una start up y la que tienen muchos profesionales cuando abordan nuevos negocios en empresas establecidas. Índice PARTE I. CLAVES DEL EMPRENDIMIENTO.- ¿Se está planteando emprender? - ¿Tiene una idea de negocio innovadora? - PARTE II. PRINCIPALES HITOS EN LA CREACIÓN DE UNA EMPRESA.- Principales hitos en la creación de una empresa.- PARTE III. NUEVOS NEGOCIOS EN EMPRESAS ESTABLECIDAS.- El plan de negocio.- Del estudio de viabilidad al plan de negocio.- PARTE IV. EL MUNDO DE LAS START UPS.- Caso Nire iHealth.- Epílogo.- Bibliografía.
Download or read book The North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA written by M. Villarreal and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force on January 1, 1994. The agreement was signed by President George H. W. Bush on December 17, 1992, and approved by Congress on November 20, 1993. The NAFTA Implementation Act was signed into law by President William J. Clinton on December 8, 1993 (P.L. 103-182). The overall economic impact of NAFTA is difficult to measure since trade and investment trends are influenced by numerous other economic variables, such as economic growth, inflation, and currency fluctuations. The agreement likely accelerated and also locked in trade liberalization that was already taking place in Mexico, but many of these changes may have taken place without an agreement. Nevertheless, NAFTA is significant, because it was the most comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) negotiated at the time and contained several groundbreaking provisions. A legacy of the agreement is that it has served as a template or model for the new generation of FTAs that the United States later negotiated, and it also served as a template for certain provisions in multilateral trade negotiations as part of the Uruguay Round. The 115th Congress faces numerous issues related to NAFTA and international trade. President Donald J. Trump has proposed renegotiating NAFTA, or possibly withdrawing from it. Congress may wish to consider the ramifications of renegotiating or withdrawing from NAFTA and how it may affect the U.S. economy and foreign relations with Mexico and Canada. It may also wish to examine the congressional role in a possible renegotiation, as well as the negotiating positions of Canada and Mexico. Mexico has stated that, if NAFTA is reopened, it may seek to broaden negotiations to include security, counter-narcotics, and transmigration issues. Mexico has also indicated that it may choose to withdraw from the agreement if the negotiations are not favorable to the country. Congress may also wish to address issues related to the U.S. withdrawal from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement among the United States, Canada, Mexico, and 9 other countries. Some observers contend that the withdrawal from TPP could damage U.S. competitiveness and economic leadership in the region, while others see the withdrawal as a way to prevent lower cost imports and potential job losses. Key provisions in TPP may also be addressed in 'modernizing' or renegotiating NAFTA, a more than two decade-old FTA. NAFTA was controversial when first proposed, mostly because it was the first FTA involving two wealthy, developed countries and a developing country. The political debate surrounding the agreement was divisive with proponents arguing that the agreement would help generate thousands of jobs and reduce income disparity in the region, while opponents warned that the agreement would cause huge job losses in the United States as companies moved production to Mexico to lower costs. In reality, NAFTA did not cause the huge job losses feared by the critics or the large economic gains predicted by supporters. The net overall effect of NAFTA on the U.S. economy appears to have been relatively modest, primarily because trade with Canada and Mexico accounts for a small percentage of U.S. GDP. However, there were worker and firm adjustment costs as the three countries adjusted to more open trade and investment. The rising number of bilateral and regional trade agreements throughout the world and the rising presence of China in Latin America could have implications for U.S. trade policy with its NAFTA partners. Some proponents of open and rules-based trade contend that maintaining NAFTA or deepening economic relations with Canada and Mexico will help promote a common trade agenda with shared values and generate economic growth. Some opponents argue that the agreement has caused worker displacement.
Download or read book Capital for the Future written by The World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gradual acceleration of growth in developing countries is a defining feature of the past two decades. This acceleration came with major shifts in patterns of investment, saving, and capital flows. This second volume in the Global Development Horizons series analyzes these shifts and explores how they may evolve through 2030. Average domestic saving in developing countries stood at 34 percent of their GDP in 2010, up from 24 percent in 1990, while their investment was around 33 percent of their GDP in 2012, up from 26 percent. These trends in saving and investment, along with higher growth rates in developing countries, have resulted in developing countries’ share of global savings now standing at 46 percent, nearly double the level of the 1990s. The presence of developing countries on the global stage will continue to expand over the next two decades. Analysis in this report projects that by 2030, China will account for 30 percent of global investment activity, far and away the largest share of any single country, while India and Brazil (at 7 percent and 3 percent) will account for shares comparable to those of the United States and Japan (11 percent and 5 percent). The complex interaction among aging, growth, and financial deepening can be expected to result in a world where developing countries will contribute 62 of every 100 dollars of world saving in 2030, up from 45 dollars in 2010, and where they account for between $6.2 trillion and $13 trillion of global gross capital flows, rising from $1.3 trillion in 2010. Trends in investment, saving, and capital flows through 2030 will affect economic conditions from the household level to the global macroeconomic level, with implications not only for national policy makers but also for international institutions and policy coordination. Policymakers preparing for this change will benefit from a better understanding of the unfolding dynamics of global capital and wealth in the future. This book is accompanied by a website, http://www.worldbank.org/CapitalForTheFuture, that includes a host of related electronic resources: data sets underlying the two main scenarios presented in the report, background papers, technical appendixes, interactive widgets with variations to some of the assumptions used in the projections, and related audio and video resources.
Download or read book El libro de los emprendedores written by Revista Emprendedores and published by Grupo Planeta Spain. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro nace para convertirse en el manual de nitivo para cualquiera que aspire a ser emprendedor y aborda todos los pasos necesarios para ello: cómo encontrar una idea de negocio propia, el plan de empresa y su constitución formal, el acceso a la nanciación, las estrategias de marketing para darlo a conocer, el plan de internacionalización y el ajuste de la tesorería para que salgan las cuentas. Y todo amenizado con ejemplos reales de emprendedores que ya han dado este paso con éxito.
Download or read book A Wicked War written by Amy S. Greenberg and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of the often forgotten U.S.-Mexican War paints an intimate portrait of the major players and their world—from 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 daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and legacies. Along the way it captures a young Lincoln mismatching his clothes, the lasting influence of the Founding Fathers, the birth of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and America’s first national antiwar movement. A key chapter in the creation of the United States, it is the story of a burgeoning nation and an unforgettable conflict that has shaped American history.
