The War with Mexico, Vol 1. (2 vol 1919), full text online.
Smith, Justin Harvey. The War with Mexico, Vol. 2. (2 vol 1919). full text online; Pulitzer prize; still a standard source.
Stenberg, Richard R. "President Polk and the Annexation of Texas."Southwestern Social Science Quarterly (1934): 333–356. online
Winders, Richard Bruce. Mr. Polk's army: the American military experience in the Mexican war. (Texas A&M University Press, 2001).
Primary sources[edit]
Cutler, Wayne, et al. Correspondence of James K. Polk. 1972–2004. ISBN 978-1-57233-304-8. Ten vol. scholarly edition of the complete correspondence to and from Polk.
Polk, James K. Polk: The Diary of a President, 1845–1849: Covering the Mexican War, the Acquisition of Oregon, and the Conquest of California and the Southwest. Vol. 296. Capricorn Books, 1952.
Polk, James K. The Diary of James K. Polk During His Presidency, 1845–1849 edited by Milo Milton Quaife, 4 vols. 1910. Abridged version by Allan Nevins. 1929, online.
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