1812: The Navy's WarBasic Books, 04 հոկ, 2011 թ. - 528 էջ At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean -- but America's 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 Navy's 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 world's greatest imperial power. A stunning contribution to military and national history, 1812: The Navy's War is the first complete account in more than a century of how the U.S. Navy rescued the fledgling nation and secured America's future. |
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CHAPTER FOUR Madisons Strategy | |
CHAPTER SIX BlueWater Victories | |
CHAPTER SEVEN The Constitution and the Guerriere | |
CHAPTER NINE Canadian Disasters Accumulate | |
CHAPTER TEN More BlueWater Victories | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Constitution and the Java | |
CHAPTER TWENTY The Allies and Napoleon | |
CHAPTER TWENTYTWO The British Blockade | |
CHAPTER TWENTYFOUR Burning Washington | |
CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE The War at Sea Continues in 1814 | |
CHAPTER TWENTYSIX Negotiations Begin at Ghent | |
CHAPTER TWENTYEIGHT Plattsburgh | |
CHAPTER THIRTY The Hartford Convention | |
CHAPTER THIRTYTWO An Amazing Change | |
CHAPTER TWELVE A Sea Change | |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Canadian Invasion Resumes | |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Chesapeake and the Shannon | |
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Raids in Chesapeake | |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Attack on Montreal | |
CHAPTER THIRTYFOUR From Temporary Armistice to Lasting | |
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