America's first crisis : the War of 1812 / / Robert P. Watson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464900203321
• Autore: Watson Robert P. <1962->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4384-5135-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (425 p.)
• Collana: Excelsior editions
• Disciplina: 973.5/2
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; United States History War of 1812
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Forgotten War""; ""1 “The Silliest Damned Warâ€?""; ""A Curious Affair""; ""Escalating Tensions""; ""2 Stumbling Toward War""; ""War Preparations?""; ""Britainâ€?s Canada""; ""A Continental Crisis""; ""3 The Chesapeake Affair""; ""First Shots""; ""Total War""; ""Impressment""; ""4 “Leopardizedâ€?""; ""General Quarters""; ""Pouring Salt in An Open Wound""; ""Embargo""; ""A Mini Cold War""; ""Sweet Revenge""; ""Drumbeats""; ""5 Land, Empire, and Intrigue""; ""Growing Pains""; ""The Notorious James Wilkinson""; ""A Western Empire â€? One Way or Another""; ""Conspirators""""6 The Indian Question""; ""The Beginning of the End""; ""Harrison""; ""Tecumseh""; ""The Great Spirit and the Grand Confederation""; ""Vincennes""; ""7 Tippecanoe and the Course of History""; ""Indian Attacks""; ""The Prophet""; ""The Battle of Tippecanoe Creek""; ""Turning Point""; ""8 A Declaration of War""; ""Rise of the War Hawks""; ""Clay""; ""“Mr. Madisonâ€?s Warâ€?""; ""War, At Last""; ""“On to Canadaâ€?""; ""9 The Invasion Begins""; ""Barely an Army""; ""“Canada! Canada! Canada!â€?""; ""“Killing the Treeâ€?""; ""Disaster""; ""“His Majestyâ€?s Domainâ€?""; ""The Courageous Brock""""The Fort Michilimackinac Debacle""; ""Ambush!""; ""The Fort Dearborn Massacre""; ""The Surrender of Fort Detroit""; ""10 The Battle of Queenston Heights""; ""A Second Prong of the Invasion""; ""Raids""; ""Costly Delays""; ""The Crossing""; ""A Second Crossing""; ""The Death of General Brock""; ""Snatching Defeat From the ; Jaws of Victory""; ""Surrender""; ""11 Three-Pronged Disaster""; ""Two Strikes""; ""The “Battleâ€? of Frenchmanâ€?s Creek""; ""“Grannyâ€? Dearborn""; ""Meanwhile, on the Western Frontier â€?""; ""The Battle of Mississinewa""; ""12 “Remember the Raisinâ€?""""The Battle of Frenchtown""; ""“Hold the Ground!â€?""; ""Rout""; ""The River Raisin Massacre""; ""The Raid at Ogdensburg""; ""1813""; ""13 The Sacking of York""; ""Desperation""; ""Explosion""; ""Put to the Torch""; ""A Blemished Victory""; ""14 Victories at Last""; ""Fortifications""; ""The Siege of Fort Meigs""; ""Dudleyâ€?s Massacre""; ""Another Successful Defense""; ""Taking Fort George""; ""Surprise at Dawn""; ""The Defense of Fort Stephenson""; ""15 The Battles of Stoney Creek and Beaver Dams""; ""The Battle of Stoney Creek""; ""“Will-Hen-Harrâ€?""; ""General-Less""""The Battle of Beaver Dams""; ""Canadaâ€?s Heroine of the War""; ""16 The Battle of Thames""; ""The Fort Mims Massacre""; ""Red Sticks""; ""Abandoning the Northwest Territory""; ""Tecumseh and Harrison Again""; ""A Final Stand""; ""The High Seas""; ""17 The Making of a Navy""; ""Naval Operations in the War""; ""Masters of the Seas""; ""The President Defeats the Belvidera""; ""The Wasp Defeats the Frolic""; ""The Enterprise Defeats the Boxer""; ""On the Seven Seas""; ""18 A New Generation of Heroes""; ""Isaac Hull and the Hunt for the Guerriere""; ""“Old Ironsidesâ€?""; ""Stephen Decatur and the Barbary Pirates""