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Amateurs, To Arms! - A Military History Of The War Of 1812 (Paperback, 1st Da Capo Press ed)
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Amateurs, To Arms! - A Military History Of The War Of 1812 (Paperback, 1st Da Capo Press ed)
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Begun in ignorance of the military reality, the War of 1812 was
fought catch-as-catch-can with raw troops, incompetent officers,
and appallingly inadequate logistics. The odds against the American
fighting forces,woefully unrealistic preparations and expectations,
British military might, a feckless Congress and administration, the
treason of many citizens who fed and praised the enemy,were
overwhelming. American soil was invaded along three frontiers, the
national capital was occupied and burned, and the secession of the
New England states loomed as a definite possibility. Amateurs, to
Arms! examines in succession the campaigns of "Mr. Madison's War":
the U.S. invasion of Canada the key naval battles on Lakes Erie and
Champlain the British invasion via the Chesapeake Bay and its
repulse at Baltimore and the campaign leading to the American
victory at New Orleans, fought and won after the war was over.
Elting describes the planning and preparations (or lack of them)
for the campaigns, tells how they were fought, and analyzes the
battlefield performance of both sides. Specially prepared maps and
numerous illustrations complement Elting's vivid, penetrating
account of how the young republic fought and nearly lost its
"Second War for Independence."
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