1812
Subtitle: the Navy's war
By: George C. Daughan
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 491
ISBN-13: 9780465020461; 9780465028085
Subjects: United States; Naval operations; United States. Navy; History
Description: Tells the story of how America's war fleet, only twenty ships strong, was able to defeat the world's greatest imperial power through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado to win the War of 1812.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Road to war; title: Free trade and sailors' rights; title: Jefferson's embargo and the slide toward war; title: Madison's strategy; title: The United States declares war; title: Blue-water victories; title: The Constitution and the Guerriere; title: Ripe apples and bitter fruit : the Canadian invasion; title: Canadian disasters accumulate; title: More blue-water victories; title: The Constitution and the Java; title: A sea change; title: Napoleon and Alexander; title: The Canadian invasion resumes; title: The Chesapeake and the Shannon; title: Raids in Chesapeake Bay; title: Oliver Hazard Perry; title: Attack on Montreal; title: The war at sea in 1813; title: The allies and Napoleon; title: British and American war plans; title: The British blockade; title: The Essex; title: Burning Washington; title: The war at sea continues in 1814; title: Negotiations begin at Ghent; title: Baltimore; title: Plattsburgh; title: A peace treaty; title: The Hartford Convention; title: New Orleans; title: An amazing change; title: A new era; title: From temporary armistice to lasting peace : the importance of the war