1812: The Navy's WarBasic Books, 04 հոկ, 2011 թ. - 491 էջ At the outbreak of the War of 1812, AmericaÕs prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open oceanÑbut AmericaÕs war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, the American navy managed to take the fight to the British and turn the tide of the war: on the Great Lakes, in the Atlantic, and even in the eastern Pacific. In 1812: The NavyÕs War, prizewinning historian George C. Daughan tells the thrilling story of how a handful of heroic captains and their stalwart crews overcame spectacular odds to lead the country to victory against the worldÕs greatest imperial power. A stunning contribution to military and national history, 1812: The NavyÕs War is the first complete account in more than a century of how the U.S. Navy rescued the fledgling nation and secured AmericaÕs future. |
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1 Road to War | 1 |
2 Free Trade and Sailors Rights | 13 |
3 Jeffersons Embargo and the Slide Toward War | 23 |
4 Madisons Strategy | 31 |
5 The United States Declares War | 43 |
6 BlueWater Victories | 53 |
7 The Constitution and the Guerriere | 73 |
The Canadian Invasion | 85 |
21 British and American War Plans | 255 |
22 The British Blockade | 277 |
23 The Essex | 283 |
24 Burning Washington | 291 |
25 The War at Sea Continues in 1814 | 311 |
26 Negotiations Begin at Ghent | 325 |
27 Baltimore | 333 |
28 Plattsburgh | 341 |
9 Canadian Disasters Accumulate | 103 |
10 More BlueWater Victories | 121 |
11 The Constitution and the Java | 135 |
12 A Sea Change | 151 |
13 Napoleon and Alexander | 163 |
14 The Canadian Invasion Resumes | 173 |
15 The Chesapeake and the Shannon | 187 |
16 Raids in Chesapeake Bay | 199 |
17 Oliver Hazard Perry | 207 |
18 Attack on Montreal | 219 |
19 The War at Sea in 1813 | 229 |
20 The Allies and Napoleon | 245 |
29 A Peace Treaty | 353 |
30 The Hartford Convention | 361 |
31 New Orleans | 371 |
32 An Amazing Change | 393 |
33 A New Era | 403 |
The Importance of the War | 413 |
Acknowledgments | 419 |
Notes | 421 |
Glossary | 461 |
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