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How Britain Won the War of 1812 - The Royal Navy's Blockades of the United States, 1812-1815 (Hardcover, New)
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How Britain Won the War of 1812 - The Royal Navy's Blockades of the United States, 1812-1815 (Hardcover, New)
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Overturns established thinking about the Anglo-American War of
1812-15. Named one of the 20 Notable Naval Books of 2011 in the US
Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine, May 2012 The War of 1812
between Britain and the United States was fought on many fronts:
single ship actions in the Atlantic; aUS invasion of Canada, which
the Canadians heroically resisted; the burning of the new US
capital, Washington, by the British, the President's house
subsequently painted white to hide the fire damage; and an
unsuccessful attack bythe British on New Orleans. The war is
usually seen as a draw. However, as this book demonstrates, it was
in fact a British victory. The United States achieved none of its
war aims, and the peace, concluded in December 1814, metBritain's
long-term maritime needs. This book reassesses the war, showing how
the British achieved success through an effective commercial
maritime blockade which had devastating consequences on the
vulnerable, undeveloped USeconomy. Neutral vessels were included -
one of the causes of the war had been the United States' objection
to British interference with US ships in Britain's war with
Napoleonic France - and Britain's refusal to concede this point
enabled the strategy of commercial maritime blockades to be reused
by Britain to good effect in subsequent wars, including those of
1914-18 and 1939-45. BRIAN ARTHUR gained a PhD at the University of
Greenwich in Britain, following research in the United States which
was completed with the aid of a Caird North America Fellowship from
the National Maritime Museum in London.
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