1812 The Navy's War

Name: 1812 The Navy's War
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ISBN: 9780465020461

ISBN-10: 0465020461

ISBN-13: 9780465020461

Edition: 2011

Authors: George C. Daughan

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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 handful of heroic captains and their stalwart crews overcame spectacular odds to lead the country to victory…

Book details

List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/4/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 1.628
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 Chesapeaker Bay



Oliver Hazard Perry



Attack on Motreal



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 Orlenas



An Amazing change



A New Era



From Temporary Armistice to Lasting Peace: The Importancxe of War


Acknowledgments


Notes


Glossary


Select Bibliography


Index