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Napoleon's troublesome Americans : Franco-American relations, 1804-1815 /
Shortly before the United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Congress came within two votes of declaring war on Napoleon BonaparteÆs French empire. For six years, France and Britain had both seized American shipping. While common wisdom says that America was virtually an innocent in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dulles, Va. :
Potomac Books,
©2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Shortly before the United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Congress came within two votes of declaring war on Napoleon BonaparteÆs French empire. For six years, France and Britain had both seized American shipping. While common wisdom says that America was virtually an innocent in this matter, caught in the middle of the epic wars between France and Britain, Peter Hill has uncovered a far more complex and interesting history. French privateers and NapoleonÆs navy were seizing American merchant ships in a concerted attempt to disrupt BritainÆs commerce. American ships were the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435610330 1435610334 9781612343013 1612343015 |