Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xi, 650 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 625-628) and index. |
Contents |
Pt. I. The New American Nation. 1. From Victory to Anarchy. 2. United at Last -- Pt. II. War with the Barbary Pirates. 3. Thomas Jefferson. 4. The Barbary Pirates. 5. Tripoli Declares War. 6. The Funk of Commodore Dale. 7. The "Commodoress" Takes Over. 8. Edward Preble: A Fighting Commodore. 9. Calamity on Kaliusa Reef. 10. Decatur Singes the Bashaw's Beard. 11. Preble Shivers the Bashaw's Timbers. 12. To the Shores of Tripoli. 13. Victory at Derna/Sellout at Home -- Pt. III. The War of 1812. 14. Impressments/Embargo Boomerangs. 15. James Madison/British Defiant. 16. Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison. 17. Tecumseh Challenges Harrison. 18. Battle of Tippecanoe. 19. The War Hawks. 20. Madison Yields: War! 21. Baltimore Riot/Disaster at Detroit. 22. Ignominy on the Niagara. 23. Glory to "Preble's Boys" 24. Frenchtown: Canada Stays Canadian. 25. "Don't Give Up the Ship!" 26. Oliver Hazard Perry. 27. Canada Again. 28. Battle of Lake Erie. 29. The Thames: Tecumseh's Last Battle. 30. Privateering/British Blockade. 31. Armstrong-Monroe Rivalry. 32. James Wilkinson. 33. Two Old Cronies in Frontier Farce. 34. Andrew Jackson. 35. The March South/More Duels. 36. The Creek War. 37. Winfield Scott. 38. Frontier Victories at Last. 39. Hostages/Prince Regent. 40. Peace Feelers Fail/British War Plan. 41. Ravaging the Chesapeake. 42. Bladensburg "Races"/Washington Burns. 43. Washington Aftermath. 44. Battle of Lake Champlain. 45. The Star-Spangled Banner. 46. Ross Killed/Baltimore Holds. 47. British Seize Pensacola/Jean Laffite. 48. The Hartford Convention. 49. Jackson Clears Gulf Coast. 50. Peace of Christmas Eve. 51. Battle of New Orleans -- Pt. IV. The War with Mexico. 52. Westward, Ho! 53. Mexico and Santa Anna. 54. "Go-Aheads" and "GTTs" 55. Texas Rebels! 56. Santa Anna Marches North. 57. Anarchy at the Alamo. 58. The Alamo Prepares. 59. The Battle. 60. Massacre at Goliad. 61. Sam Houston Saves Texas. 62. Re-enter Santa Anna, Re-exit Same. 63. James Knox Polk. 64. Polk Tries to Buy the West. 65. Zachary Taylor. 66. Stuffing the Powder Keg. 67. War! The Rival Armies. 68. Battle! Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma. 69. U.S. Volunteers: "Vandals Vomited from Hell!" 70. "From Sea to Shining Sea" 71. Return of Guess Who? 72. Battle of Monterrey. 73. Polk and His Generals Squabble. 74. War Opposed/Santa Anna Fields New Army. 75. Battle of Buena Vista. 76. Vera Cruz Besieged/"Polko" Rebellion. 77. Scott Gets a "Shadow"/Wins a Battle. 78. Scott Burns His Bridges. 79. Battle of Padierna-Contreras. 80. St. Patrick's Battalion. 81. Churubusco and the Molino del Rey. 82. To the Halls of Montezuma! 83. A Noose for the Patricios. 84. Mexico Capitulates. |
Subject |
United States -- History, Military -- To 1900.
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United States -- History, Naval -- To 1900.
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United States -- Territorial expansion.
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ISBN |
0060168021: $30.00 ($40.00 Can.) |
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9780060168025 |
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