Troy Bickham

Weight of Vengeance

The United States, the British Empire, and the War of 1812

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Produktbeschreibung

By placing the War of 1812 in a global context, Troy Bickham narrates America's bid for postcolonial sovereignty and Britain's attempt to block it, a conflict that put the fate of North America and Britain's global supremacy on the line.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780190217815
• ISBN-10: 0190217812
• Artikelnr.: 47864017

Autorenporträt

Troy Bickham is an Associate Professor of History and a Ray A. Rothrock Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. He is the author of Making Headlines: The American Revolution as Seen Through the British Press and Savages within the Empire.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on terms
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The American Case for War
2 The British Empire's Case for War
3 Declaring War
4 America on the Offensive
5 The British Empire at War
6 Wartime Opposition in the United States
7 British Opposition to the War
8 Ending the War and Constructing the Peace
Conclusion: Who Won the War of 1812?
Abbreviations
Notes
Index