1812: the navy's war

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Tells the story of how America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, was able to defeat the world's greatest imperial power through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado to win the War of 1812.

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Full title :1812 : the navy's war / George C. Daughan.

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Publication Date:©2011.

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Publisher(s):Basic Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

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Description:1 online resource (xxix, 491 pages) : : illustrations, maps

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ISBN:9780465028085, 046502808X, 1283285339, 9781283285339, 9786613285331, 6613285331
oclc:ocn759159672
LC Classification:E360
Dewey Decimal:973.5/2

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.

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