Splintering the wooden wall
Subtitle: the British blockade of the United States, 1812-1815
By: Wade G. Dudley.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- War of 1812.; United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Naval operations, British.; United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Blockades.
Description: "The first book-length treatment of the 1812 blockade since Mahan's, Dudley's well-reasoned analysis is certain to influence future thinking about the most used tool in a sailing navy's arsenal.".

"This work presents a useful overview of the history, theory, and practice of blockades during the age of fighting sail. It also provides an evaluation of the naval capabilities of the belligerents, a comparison of the blockade of the United States to British blockades of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and a discussion of the importance of geography in the theater of conflict.

Readers will be fascinated by the story that emerges of the modern world's first superpower at war with a developing nation and of a conflict between civilized states that threatened to devolve into little more than a campaign of terror. To support Dudley's examination of documentary evidence are more than thirty tables, charts, maps, and illustrations."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-223) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Royal Navy and the practice of blockade, 1642-1783; title: The blockade in theory and practice; title: Assessing maritime potential; title: The geography of the blockade; title: 1812, birth of a blockade; title: 1813, the grip tightens; title: 1814-1815, the wooden wall complete?; title: Challenging the efficiency of the blockade; title: Comparison to contemporary blockades.