1812 - War With America

Informationen zum Autor Jon Latimer lectured at the University of Wales, Swansea, and served in the Territorial Army. Klappentext In the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British perspective, Latimer offers an authoritative account that places the conflict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars. He uses personal letters, diaries, and memoirs to describe events through the eyes of military figures, statesmen, and ordinary people. Zusammenfassung In the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British perspective! Latimer offers an authoritative account that places the conflict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars. He uses personal letters! diaries! and memoirs to describe events through the eyes of military figures! statesmen! and ordinary people. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps and Illustrations Note on Place-Names and Currency Introduction 1. "Canada! Canada! Canada!" 2. Soldiers! Sailors! Immigrants! and Indians 3. Brock--Saviour of Canada 4. Frigates and Privateers 5. Winter on the Lakes 6. Spring on the Frontier 7. Raids and Blockades 8. Tecumseh's Tragedy 9. Crysler's Farm 10. Drummond's Winter Offensive 11. Atlantic and Pacific 12. The Far Northwest 13. The Niagara Frontier 14. Burning the White House 15. Baltimore and Fort Erie 16. Plattsburgh 17. New Orleans 18. The Peace of Christmas Eve Abbreviations Notes Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Jon Latimer, Latimer Jon
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9780674034778
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03477-8
• No. of pages: 656
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Canada, History, European History, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867), United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas