A great sea war between Britain and the United States of America
The focus of most of the Western world was upon the great wars
between Revolutionary France and latterly the First Empire of the
Emperor Napoleon and the hereditary imperial powers of the
Continent. Years of warfare had ravaged Europe from the scorching
lands of southern Spain to the frozen wastes of the Russian winter.
On the high seas great captains had made their reputations, won
famous battles from the Nile to Trafalgar and its most renowned
celebrity Nelson had fallen, becoming its most enduring symbol and
hero, lending his name to this memorable period of the age of sail.
Across the Atlantic Ocean all was not still. In 1812 not half a
century had passed since the American nation had forged its
independence in blood. Old enemies and old alliances remained
strong in the minds of all concerned. Canada still flying the Union
flag remained omnipresent as the nearest neighbour of the emergent
nation. The War of 1812 is most often remembered for the burning of
Washington and Andrew Jackson's crushing defeat of British forces
at New Orleans. The war was, however, pursued just as actively at
sea, upon and across the great oceans and within the seaways and
lakes of the New World itself. Here Britannia did not always rule
the waves. This magnificent in-depth two volume history of the
Naval War of 1812 is a classic in both its depth and detail; it is
essential reading for all those interested in war at sea."
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