1812 The Navy's War

Name: 1812 The Navy's War
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ISBN: 9780465085996

ISBN-10: 0465085997

ISBN-13: 9780465085996

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Authors: George C. Daughan

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When war broke out between Britain and the United States in 1812, America’s prospects looked dismal. British naval aggression made it clear that the ocean would be the war’s primary battlefieldbut America’s navy, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British fleet of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, a handful of heroic captains and their stalwart crews managed to turn the tide of the war, besting the haughty skippers of the mighty Royal Navy and cementing America’s newly won independence. In 1812: The Navy’s War, award-winning naval historian George C. Daughan draws on a wealth of archival research to tell the…

Book details

List price: $32.49
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.17" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Maps


Introduction



Road to 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



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



Plattsburgh



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


Acknowledgments


Notes


Glossary


Select Bibliography


Index