America under fire
Subtitle: Mr. Madison's war & the burning of Washington City : a bicentennial symposium : 1814-2014
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: The David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781931917483
Subjects: Campaigns; History
Notes: "The "America Under Fire" symposium held in September 2014 ... was hosted by the White House Historical Association's David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History in partnership with the U.S. Capitol Historical Society and James Madison's Montpelier"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: "Mrs. Madison's war": the First Lady's role in the War of 1812 / Catherine Allgor; title: The Compromise of 1790 and the attempt to remove the seat of Federal government from the Potomac River / Kenneth R. Bowling; title: A retrospective view of Madison and the Constitution / Andrew Burstein & Nancy Isenberg; title: Washington City myths from the War of 1812 / Ralph E. Eshelman; title: The symbol / William Seale; title: Dolley Madison and the British invasion of Washington, D.C. / Holly C. Shulman; title: An act of "Inconceivable folly and desperation": American politics and the War of 1812 / Donald R. Hickey; title: Britain, America, and the wider world in 1812 / Andrew Lambert; title: James Madison and the War of 1812 / John Stagg; title: "The most dangerous spies & traitors": runaway slaves and the British campaigns in the Chesapeake, 1813-1814 / Alan Taylor; title: "Mr. Madison will have to put on his armor": Cockburn and the capture of Washington / Steve Vogel.