MEXICO'S army is not a parade-ground army ... were eliminated after the failure of their attempt at revolt. But the old revolutionary pattern persisted, and in 1929 General Escobar in Coahuila, in ...

Nicknamed "Old Fuss and Feathers," Scott delighted in military pomp and ... When war broke out with Mexico in 1846, Scott stayed in Washington, and General Zachary Taylor led troops against ...