War Echoes Of 1812 13

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : United States
ISBN : LCCN:16007140

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War-echoes of 1812-13 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frederick J. Hillig
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0332987507

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War-Echoes of 1812-13 by Frederick J. Hillig Pdf

Excerpt from War-Echoes of 1812-13: A Collection of Poems Relating to Events of Our Last War With England; Compiled From Contemporary Records Whether we consider the final settlement, which might have been more satisfactory. Or the generalship displayed and the spontaneous enthusiasm evoked. The war of 1812 - 14 fails in comparison with the Civil War and the War of the Revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Brian McAllister Linn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674033528

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The Echo of Battle by Brian McAllister Linn Pdf

From Lexington and Gettysburg to Normandy and Iraq, the wars of the United States have defined the nation. But after the guns fall silent, the army searches the lessons of past conflicts in order to prepare for the next clash of arms. In the echo of battle, the army develops the strategies, weapons, doctrine, and commanders that it hopes will guarantee a future victory. In the face of radically new ways of waging war, Brian Linn surveys the past assumptions--and errors--that underlie the army's many visions of warfare up to the present day. He explores the army's forgotten heritage of deterrence, its long experience with counter-guerrilla operations, and its successive efforts to transform itself. Distinguishing three martial traditions--each with its own concept of warfare, its own strategic views, and its own excuses for failure--he locates the visionaries who prepared the army for its battlefield triumphs and the reactionaries whose mistakes contributed to its defeats. Discussing commanders as diverse as Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, and Colin Powell, and technologies from coastal artillery to the Abrams tank, he shows how leadership and weaponry have continually altered the army's approach to conflict. And he demonstrates the army's habit of preparing for wars that seldom occur, while ignoring those it must actually fight. Based on exhaustive research and interviews, The Echo of Battle provides an unprecedented reinterpretation of how the U.S. Army has waged war in the past and how it is meeting the new challenges of tomorrow.

Author : Jon Latimer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0674039955

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1812 by Jon Latimer Pdf

Listen to a short interview with Jon Latimer Host: Chris Gondek - Producer: Heron & Crane In the first complete history of the War of 1812 written from a British perspective, Jon Latimer offers an authoritative and compelling account that places the conflict in its strategic context within the Napoleonic wars. The British viewed the War of 1812 as an ill-fated attempt by the young American republic to annex Canada. For British Canada, populated by many loyalists who had fled the American Revolution, this was a war for survival. The Americans aimed both to assert their nationhood on the global stage and to expand their territory northward and westward. Americans would later find in this war many iconic moments in their national story--the bombardment of Fort McHenry (the inspiration for Francis Scott Key's Star Spangled Banner); the Battle of Lake Erie; the burning of Washington; the death of Tecumseh; Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans--but their war of conquest was ultimately a failure. Even the issues of neutrality and impressment that had triggered the war were not resolved in the peace treaty. For Britain, the war was subsumed under a long conflict to stop Napoleon and to preserve the empire. The one lasting result of the war was in Canada, where the British victory eliminated the threat of American conquest, and set Canadians on the road toward confederation. Latimer describes events not merely through the eyes of generals, admirals, and politicians but through those of the soldiers, sailors, and ordinary people who were directly affected. Drawing on personal letters, diaries, and memoirs, he crafts an intimate narrative that marches the reader into the heat of battle.

Author : Pierre Berton
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385676502

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Pierre Berton's War of 1812 by Pierre Berton Pdf

To commemorate the bi-centenary of the War of 1812, Anchor Canada brings together Pierre Berton's two groundbreaking books on the subject. The Invasion of Canada is a remarkable account of the war's first year and the events that led up to it; Pierre Berton transforms history into an engrossing narrative that reads like a fast-paced novel. Drawing on personal memoirs and diaries as well as official dispatches, the author has been able to get inside the characters of the men who fought the war - the common soldiers as well as the generals, the bureaucrats and the profiteers, the traitors and the loyalists. The Canada-U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 continued. York's parliament buildings were on fire, Niagara-on-the-Lake burned to the ground and Buffalo lay in ashes. Even the American capital of Washington, far to the south, was put to the torch. The War of 1812 had become one of the nineteenth century's bloodiest struggles. Flames Across the Border is a compelling evocation of war at its most primeval - the muddy fields, the frozen forests and the ominous waters where men fought and died. Pierre Berton skilfully captures the courage, determination and terror of the universal soldier, giving new dimension and fresh perspective to this early conflict between the two emerging nations of North America.

Author : Wesley B. Turner
Publisher : McGill Queens Univ
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 077353931X

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British Generals in the War of 1812 by Wesley B. Turner Pdf

The Canadian people have faced crises of leadership, but never more seriously than during the War of 1812. Despite the many studies of this turbulent time, there are still controversies over traditional issues, one being the quality of leadership on both sides. InBritish Generals in the War of 1812Wesley Turner takes a fresh look at five British Generals – Sir George Prevost, Isaac Brock, Roger Sheaffe, Baron Francis de Rottenburg, and Gordon Drummond – who held the highest civil and military command in the Canadas. He considers their formative experiences in the British Army and on active service in European and West Indian theatres and evaluates their roles in the context of North American conditions, which were very different from those of Europe. Turner answers questions about the quality of each general's leadership, particularly that of Isaac Brock, the best known of these five generals. He argues that Brock's charge up Queenston Heights – the basis for his heroic stature – was brave but hardly a demonstration of competent leadership. Turner also shows us that while the other generals displayed courage in combat, they had to face problems raised by American military successes and by the strains of warfare on the civilian population.British Generals in the War of 1812explores why these commanders succeeded or failed and why, except for Brock, they are all but forgotten.

Author : J. C. A. Stagg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521898201

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The War of 1812 by J. C. A. Stagg Pdf

A narrative history of the many dimensions of the War of 1812, which places the war in transatlantic perspective.

Author : Francis Wayland Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1899
Category : United States
ISBN : NYPL:33433081805560

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The War of 1812-13-14 Between Great Britain and the United States by Francis Wayland Campbell Pdf

Author : Archie Brown
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307372246

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The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown Pdf

Published to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall — a definitive and ground-breaking account of the revolutionary ideology that changed the modern world. The inexorable rise of Communism was the most momentous political phenomenon of the first half of the twentieth century. Its demise in Europe and its decline elsewhere have produced the most profound political changes of the last few decades. In this illuminating book, based on forty years of study and a wealth of new sources, Archie Brown provides a comprehensive history as well as an original and highly readable analysis of an ideology that has shaped the world and still rules over a fifth of humanity. A compelling new work from an internationally renowned specialist, The Rise and Fall of Communism promises to be the definitive study of the most remarkable political and human story of our times.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Christian biography
ISBN : HARVARD:32044029901584

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Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher by Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher Pdf

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806185255

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The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon by Jeremy Black Pdf

The War of 1812 is etched into American memory with the burning of the Capitol and the White House by British forces, The Star-Spangled Banner, and the decisive naval battle of New Orleans. Now a respected British military historian offers an international perspective on the conflict to better gauge its significance. In The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon, Jeremy Black provides a dramatic account of the war framed within a wider political and economic context than most American historians have previously considered. In his examination of events both diplomatic and military, Black especially focuses on the actions of the British, for whom the conflict was, he argues, a mere distraction from the Napoleonic War in Europe. Black describes parallels and contrasts to other military operations throughout the world. He stresses the domestic and international links between politics and military conflict; in particular, he describes how American political unease about a powerful executive and strong army undermined U.S. military efforts. He also offers new insights into the war in the West, amphibious operations, the effects of the British blockade, and how the conflict fit into British global strategy. For those who think the War of 1812 is a closed book, this volume brims with observations and insights that better situate this “American” war on the international stage.

Author : Friedrich Wilhelm KRUMMACHER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019147221

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F. W. Krummacher: an autobiography. Edited by his daughter. Translated by M. G. Easton. With a preface by Professor Cairns, etc by Friedrich Wilhelm KRUMMACHER Pdf

Author : Pierre Berton
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385673594

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Flames Across the Border by Pierre Berton Pdf

The Canada–U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 continued. York's parliament buildings were on fire, Niagara-on-the-Lake burned to the ground and Buffalo lay in ashes. Even the American capital of Washington, far to the south, was put to the torch. The War of 1812 had become one of the nineteenth century's bloodiest struggles. Flames Across the Border is a compelling evocation of war at its most primeval level — the muddy fields, the frozen forests and the ominous waters where men fought and died. Pierre Berton skilfully captures the courage, determination and terror of the universal soldier, giving new dimension and fresh perspective to this early conflict between the two emerging nations of North America.

Author : Padraig Riley
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812291704

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Slavery and the Democratic Conscience by Padraig Riley Pdf

Democracy and slavery collided in the early American republic, nowhere more so than in the Democratic-Republican party, the political coalition that elected Thomas Jefferson president in 1800 and governed the United States into the 1820s. Joining southern slaveholders and northern advocates of democracy, the coalition facilitated a dramatic expansion of American slavery and generated ideological conflict over slaveholder power in national politics. Slavery was not an exception to the rise of American democracy, Padraig Riley argues, but was instead central to the formation of democratic institutions and ideals. Slavery and the Democratic Conscience explains how northern men both confronted and accommodated slavery as they joined the Democratic-Republican cause. Although many northern Jeffersonians opposed slavery, they helped build a complex political movement that defended the rights of white men to self-government, American citizenship, and equality and protected the master's right to enslave. Dissenters challenged this consensus, but they faced significant obstacles. Slaveholders resisted interference with slavery, while committed Jeffersonians built an aggressive American nationalism, consolidating an ideological accord between white freedom and slaveholder power. By the onset of the Missouri Crisis in 1819, democracy itself had become an obstacle to antislavery politics, insofar as it bound together northern aspirations for freedom and the institutional power of slavery. That fundamental compromise had a deep influence on democratic political culture in the United States for decades to come.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006339837

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Air University Periodical Index by Anonim Pdf