04762nam 2200589 450 991046490020332120200520144314.01-4384-5135-0(CKB)3710000000074042(EBL)3408811(SSID)ssj0001114053(PQKBManifestationID)11605904(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001114053(PQKBWorkID)11054750(PQKB)10642114(MiAaPQ)EBC3408811(Au-PeEL)EBL3408811(CaPaEBR)ebr10815236(OCoLC)870341698(EXLCZ)99371000000007404220130625h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica's first crisis the War of 1812 /Robert P. WatsonAlbany :State University of New York Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (425 p.)Excelsior editionsDescription based upon print version of record.1-4384-5134-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Excelsior EditionsUnited StatesHistoryWar of 1812Electronic books.973.5/2Watson Robert P.1962-883039MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464900203321America's first crisis2262408UNINA