Daughan's is a history that expands our understanding, debunking several popular myths. ' richly detailed, well-documented, and compelling account.

Daughan offers a rousing retelling of the war, strongly recommended for general readers, high school students, and lower classmen.'- Library Journal ' compelling sequel to his award-winning If By Sea.

Daughan suggests that the War of 1812 was indeed a second war of independence, completing what had been started in 1775, strengthening the nation's democratic principles, and establishing a new and positive relationship in which Britain recognized America's place in the world.'- Wall Street Journal Daughan shows how the war at sea fitted into the American war effort and how the Navy-and the country-came out of the war better for the experience. This book will do well to remind us, in times of danger and uncertainty, of how welcome a bulwark is a powerful navy.'- Roanoke Times ' should become a standard text for the serious history student. Forester's Hornblower tales or Patrick O' Brian's stories of Captain Jack Aubrey will enjoy this narrative of the American side of the Napoleonic wars and thrill to the progress of an underdog along the route to world power.'- American Spirit Daughan's love of the sea and naval history is infectious. Daughan wonderfully illustrates in his new work, 1812: The Navy's War. Navy had advantages that would surprise, infuriate and ultimately impress the British, as renowned naval military historian George C. Navy rescued the fledgling nation and secured America’s future. A stunning contribution to military and national history, 1812: The Navy’s War is the first complete account in more than a century of how the U.S. Daughan tells the thrilling story of how a handful of heroic captains and their stalwart crews overcame spectacular odds to lead the country to victory against the world’s greatest imperial power. In 1812: The Navy’s War, prizewinning historian George C. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, the American navy managed to take the fight to the British and turn the tide of the war: on the Great Lakes, in the Atlantic, and even in the eastern Pacific. It was clear that the primary battlefield would be the open ocean - but America’s war fleet, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British navy of more than a thousand men-of-war. At the outbreak of the War of 1812, America’s prospects looked dismal.

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