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1812 : the navy's war / George C. Daughan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daughan, George C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--War of 1812--Naval operations.
- United States. Navy--History--War of 1812.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (737 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean?but America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, the American navy managed to take the fight to the British and turn the tide of the war: on the Great Lakes, in the Atlantic, and even in the eastern Pacific. In 1812: The Navy's War, prizewinning historian George C. Daughan tells the thrilling story of how a h
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-28533-9
- 9786613285331
- 0-465-02808-X
- OCLC:
- 756484161
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