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1812 : war with America /
"In the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British perspective, Jon Latimer offers an authoriative and compelling account that places the conflict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars. The British viewed the War of 1812 as an ill-fated attempt by the young A...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British perspective, Jon Latimer offers an authoriative and compelling account that places the conflict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars. The British viewed the War of 1812 as an ill-fated attempt by the young American republic to annex Canada. For British Canada, populated by many loyalists who had fled the American Revolution, this was a war of survival." From the bookjacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 637 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-613) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674039957 0674039955 0674025849 9780674025844 |