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The War of 1812, Conflict and Deception : The British Attempt to Seize New Orleans and Nullify the Louisiana Purchase /
"Perhaps no conflict in American history is more important yet more overlooked and misunderstood than the War of 1812. Begun by President James Madison after decades of humiliating British trade interference and impressment of American sailors, the war in many ways was the second battle for Uni...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Louisiana
- Resentment and provocation
- Fatal confrontations: the Leander Affair, and Chesapeake versus Leopard
- British demands and Madison's resistance
- On to Canada: war and reality
- The eagle against the leviathan
- Finally a general, or two
- War and deception
- The grand offensive
- The final attack.