1812 the Navy's war
| Main Author: | Daughan, George C. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Basic Books,
c2011.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Roots of war
- Free trade and sailors' rights
- Jefferson's embargo and the slide toward war
- Madison's strategy
- The United States declares war
- Blue-water victories
- The Constitution and the Guerriere
- Ripe apples and bitter fruit: the Canadian invasion
- Canadian disasters accumulate
- More blue-water victories
- The Constitution and the Java
- A sea change
- Napoleon and Alexander
- The Canadian invasion resumes
- The Chesapeake and the Shannon
- Raids in Chesapeake Bay
- Oliver Hazard Perry and Lake Erie
- Attack on Montreal
- The war at sea in 1813
- The allies and Napoleon
- British and American war plans
- The British blockade
- The Essex
- Burning Washington
- The war at sea continues in 1814
- Negotiations begin at Ghent
- Baltimore
- Plattsburg
- A peace treaty
- The Hartford Convention
- New Orleans
- An amazing change
- A new era
- From temporary armistice to lasting peace: the importance of the war.