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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Latimer, Jon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Canada! Canada! Canada!"
  • Soldiers, sailors, immigrants, and Indians
  • Brock--saviour of Canada
  • Frigates and privateers
  • Winter on the lakes
  • Spring on the frontier
  • Raids and blockades
  • Tecumseh's tragedy
  • Crysler's farm
  • Drummond's winter offensive
  • Atlantic and Pacific
  • The far Northwest
  • The Niagara frontier
  • Burning the White House
  • Baltimore and Fort Erie
  • Plattsburgh
  • New Orleans
  • The peace of Christmas Eve.