How Britain won the War of 1812 : the Royal Navy's blockades of the United States, 1812-1815 /
The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States was fought on many fronts, single ship actions in the Atlantic, a US invasion of Canada, which the Canadians heroically resisted, the burning of the new US capital, Washington, by the British, the President's house subsequently painted white...
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY :
Boydell Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Convoys and blockades: the evolution of maritime economic warfare
- War at a distance : constraints and solutions
- From business partners to enemies : Britain and the United States before 1812
- The United States blockaded : Admiral Warren's 'united command, ' August 1812-April 1814
- Blockades and blunders : Vice-Admiral Cochrane's command, April 1814-February 1815
- Trade and war : the effects of Warren's blockades, August 1812-April 1814
- Capital and credit : the impact of the final phase
- Results and conclusions.