| Description |
xvii, 198 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge essential histories |
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Cambridge essential histories.
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| Summary |
A short and easily-readable book that will explain to both Americans and Canadians why the War of 1812 mattered in the histories of their two nations. For those who seek insights into this subject during the bicentennial commemorations of the war, this book is the place to start. Its contents provide far more that merely the military history of the failed American campaigns against Canada between 1812 and 1815. Those events are set in the larger contexts of the development of the North American continent and the crisis of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-186) and index. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- War of 1812.
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| ISBN |
9780521898201 hardback |
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052189820X hardback |
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9780521726863 paperback |
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0521726867 paperback |
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