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The Weight of Vengeance - The United States, the British Empire, and the War of 1812 (Paperback)
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The Weight of Vengeance - The United States, the British Empire, and the War of 1812 (Paperback)
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In early 1815, Secretary of State James Monroe reviewed the treaty
with Britain that would end the War of 1812. The United States Navy
was blockaded in port; much of the army had not been paid for
nearly a year; the capital had been burned. The treaty offered an
unexpected escape from disaster. Yet it incensed Monroe, for the
name of Great Britain and its negotiators consistently appeared
before those of the United States. "The United States have acquired
a certain rank amongst nations, which is due to their population
and political importance," he brazenly scolded the British diplomat
who conveyed the treaty, "and they do not stand in the same
situation as at former periods." Monroe had a point, writes Troy
Bickham. In The Weight of Vengeance, Bickham provides a provocative
new account of America's forgotten war, underscoring its
significance for both sides by placing it in global context. The
Napoleonic Wars profoundly disrupted the global order, from India
to Haiti to New Orleans. Spain's power slipped, allowing the United
States to target the Floridas; the Haitian slave revolt contributed
to the Louisiana Purchase; fears that Britain would ally with
Tecumseh and disrupt the American northwest led to a pre-emptive
strike on his people in 1811. This shifting balance of power
provided the United States with the opportunity to challenge
Britain's dominance of the Atlantic world. And it was an important
conflict for Britain as well. Powerful elements in the British
Empire so feared the rise of its former colonies that the British
government sought to use the War of 1812 to curtail America's
increasing maritime power and its aggressive territorial expansion.
And by late 1814, Britain had more men under arms in North America
than it had in the Peninsular War against Napoleon, with the war
with America costing about as much as its huge subsidies to
European allies. Troy Bickham has given us an authoritative,
lucidly written global account that transforms our understanding of
this pivotal war.
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