Bøger af Richard V. Barbuto

The War of 1812 is perhaps the United States' least known conflict. Other than Andrew Jackson's 1815 victory at New Orleans and Francis Scott Key's poem "e;The Star-Spangled Banner"e; written in 1814 during the British attack on Baltimore, most Americans know little about the country's second major war. This book will give you a full insight into the second largest military conflict that took place on the soil of North America. Contents: Defending a New Nation 1783-1811 The Campaign of 1812 The Canadian Theater, 1813 The Creek War of 1813-1814 The Chesapeake Campaign, 1813-1814 The Canadian Theater, 1814 The Gulf Theater, 1813-1815

Analyzes the Niagara Campaign of 1814 - America's ambitious but failed attempt to wrest Canada from British control. The author argues that the American government was never really able to harness, co-ordinate and focus its huge resources in ways that would have allowed the campaign to succeed.