1812 : the navy's war /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Daughan, George C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, ©2011.
Temas:
United States. > Navy > History > War of 1812.
United States. > Navy
1812-1815
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Military operations, Naval
United States > History > War of 1812 > Naval operations.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1812, Guerre de > Opérations navales.
United States
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Roots of 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 Chesapeake Bay
  • Oliver Hazard Perry and Lake Erie
  • Attack on Montreal
  • 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
  • Plattsburg
  • A peace treaty
  • The Hartford Convention
  • New Orleans
  • An amazing change
  • A new era
  • From temporary armistice to lasting peace: the importance of the war.

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