1846－1848年美国对墨西哥的战争是世界近代史上一次臭名昭著的掠夺性战争。美国通过这次战争夺取了墨西哥一半以上的领土。曾有一幅漫画，它描述战前墨西哥鹰羽毛丰满，而战后则干瘪枯瘦，上面写着一句话：“傲慢的美国佬19世纪40年代在掠夺。”①格兰特总统晚年在他的《回忆 The U.S. war on Mexico in 1846-1848 was a notorious predatory war in the modern history of the world. Through this war, the United States has claimed more than half of Mexico’s territory. There was a comic that described the pre-war mexican eagle full of plumage and the post-war wretched with the words “Arrogant American Prank in the 1940s.” ① In his later years, President Grant’s "memories