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1812 - war and the passions of patriotism
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With this second book, Nicole Eustace establishes herself as one of the premier cultural historians of the early American republic focusing in this work on the War of 1812 which was not really a success in any meaningful way, however it established passions for the country by ap…
As military campaigns go, the War of 1812 was a disaster. By the time it ended in 1815, Washington, D.C., had been burned to the ground, the national debt had nearly tripled, and territorial gains were negligible. Yet the war gained so much popular support that it ushered in wha…
"As military campaigns go, the War of 1812 was a disaster. By the time it ended in 1815, Washington, D.C., had been burned to the ground, the national debt had nearly tripled, and territorial gains were negligible. Yet the war gained so much popular support that it ushered in wh…