This series introduces specific events in America's military history. Each volume incorporates: an opening chapter that sets the scene by outlining the events leading up to the conflict; a vivid description of the conflict based on first-hand sources; a discussion of the war's important innovations in weoponry and tactics; and an assessment of the conflict's ramifications and significance in American history. This volume chronicles the war of 1812. Caught up in England's ongoing dispute with France, the US found its ports ...
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This series introduces specific events in America's military history. Each volume incorporates: an opening chapter that sets the scene by outlining the events leading up to the conflict; a vivid description of the conflict based on first-hand sources; a discussion of the war's important innovations in weoponry and tactics; and an assessment of the conflict's ramifications and significance in American history. This volume chronicles the war of 1812. Caught up in England's ongoing dispute with France, the US found its ports blockaded and its young men press-ganged into service aboard British vessels. The book tells the story of the USA's campaign to beat back what was then one of the most powerful forces in the world.
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