Perilous fight
Subtitle: America's intrepid war with Britain on the high seas, 1812-1815
By: Stephen Budiansky
Edition: 1st Vintage books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9780307454959
Subjects: History; Naval operations; Naval History; Naval Military operations
Description: "In Perilous Fight, Stephen Budiansky tells the rousing story of the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812, when an upstart American fleet fought off the legendary Royal Navy and established America as a world power for the first time."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-402) and index.
Table of contents: title: In Barbary; title: Honor's shoals; title: "A defense worthy of republicans"; title: "The present war, unexpected, unnecessary, and ruinous"; title: Love of fame is a noble passion; title: Walls of wood; title: "You shall now feel the effects of war"; title: The far side of the world; title: "My country I fear has forgot me"; title: Fortunes of war; title: "Praise to God for the restoration of peace."