Glorious Victory - Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans

Informationen zum Autor Donald R. Hickey, whom the New Yorker described as "the dean of 1812 scholarship," teaches history at Wayne State College in Nebraska. He has written seven books on the conflict, including The Rockets' Red Glare: An Illustrated History of the War of 1812 and The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict. Klappentext Whether or not the United States ¿won¿ the war of 1812, two engagements that occurred toward the end of the conflict had an enormous influence on the development of American identity: the successful defenses of the cities of Baltimore and New Orleans. Both engagements bolstered national confidence and spoke to the élan of citizen soldiers and their militia officers. The Battle of New Orleans - perhaps because it punctuated the war, lent itself to frontier mythology, and involved the larger-than-life figure of Andrew Jackson - became especially important in popular memory. In Glorious Victory, leading War of 1812 scholar Donald R. Hickey recounts the New Orleans campaign and Jackson¿s key role in the battle.Drawing on a lifetime of research, Hickey tells the story of America¿s ¿forgotten conflict.¿ He explains why the fragile young republic chose to challenge Great Britain, then a global power with a formidable navy. He also recounts the early campaigns of the war - William Hull¿s ignominious surrender at Detroit in 1812; Oliver H. Perry¿s remarkable victory on Lake Erie; and the demoralizing British raids in the Chesapeake that culminated in the burning of Washington. Tracing Jackson¿s emergence as a leader in Tennessee and his extraordinary success as a military commander in the field, Hickey finds in Jackson a bundle of contradictions: an enemy of privilege who belonged to Tennessee¿s ruling elite, a slaveholder who welcomed free blacks into his army, an Indian-hater who adopted a native orphan, and a general who lectured his superiors and sometimes ignored their orders while simultaneously demanding unquestioning obedience from his men. Aimed at students and the general public, Glorious Victory will reward readers with a clear understanding of Andrew Jackson¿s role in the War of 1812 and his iconic place in the postwar era. Zusammenfassung Aimed at students and the general public! Glorious Victory will reward readers with a clear understanding of Andrew Jackson's role in the War of 1812 and his iconic place in the postwar era. ...

Product details

• Authors: Donald Hickey, Donald R Hickey, Donald R. Hickey, Donald R. (Wayne State College) Hickey
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781421417042
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-1704-2
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Witness to History; Witness to History (John Hopki; Witness to History; Witness to History (John Hopki
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Louisiana, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)