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Glorious Victory - Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans (Paperback)
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Glorious Victory - Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans (Paperback)
Series: Witness to History
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Loot Price R510
Discovery Miles 5 100
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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
elan 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.
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