Kategoria BISAC: History >> Wars & Conflicts - War of 1812

In August 1814, the United States army was defeated just outside Washington, D.C., by the world's greatest military power. President James Madison and his wife had just enough time to flee the White House before the British invaders entered. British troops stopped to feast on the meal still sitting on the Madisons' dining-room table before setting the White House on fire. The extent of the destruction was massive; finished in wood rather than marble, everything inside the mansion was combustible. Only the outer stone walls would withstand the fire.

The tide of the War of 1812 would...

The Battle of New Orleans proved a critical victory for the United States, a young nation defending its nascent borders, but over the past two hundred years, myths have obscured the facts about the conflict. In The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory, distinguished experts in military, social, art, and music history sift the real from the remembered, illuminating the battle s lasting significance across multiple disciplines."

Malta, the much contested Mediterranean island most famous for its endurance during the air siege by Germany and Italy in World War II, also played a major part in the French revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. This important and rare book, first published in 1909, narrates the history of the island under first French revolutionary, and finally British occupation between 1798 and 1815. The book contains an unusual collection of English and foreign documents describing the fighting between the French and the British, aided by Maltese, Portuguese and Neapolitan allies which culminated in...

Whether or not the United States -won- the war of 1812, two engagements that occurred toward the end of the conflict had an enormous influence on the development of American identity: the successful defenses of the cities of Baltimore and New Orleans. Both engagements bolstered national confidence and spoke to the elan of citizen soldiers and their militia officers. The Battle of New Orleans--perhaps because it punctuated the war, lent itself to frontier mythology, and involved the larger-than-life figure of Andrew Jackson--became especially important in popular memory. In Glorious...