![]() ![]() The title refers to the most organized, if smallest department of our military that has always been the strong arm of the United States, the US Navy, during the war with England in 1812. This book is about the entire war both on land and at sea. However, having said that this is still a book that anyone interested in this period will enjoy and I recommend it for all that enjoy a good history book. This could have been left out or presented in a way so the reader could draw their own conclusions from the historical facts. ![]() The one thing that for me detracted from this enjoyable account was the author’s numerous comments enforcing his view that the British were ‘bad’ while Americans were ‘good’. It would have been nice to have a few of the wonderful colour prints depicting the many naval combats mentioned included in the book but I dare say the expense negated that possibility. The book has fifteen maps covering every area of the conflict including Europe and a number of black & white diagrams and drawings. ![]() The political manoeuvres in American, Europe and Britain are not neglected either, nor the fighting in other parts of America concluding with the disastrous battle of New Orleans. He also covers the happenings in Napoleonic Europe as the Emperor of France marches into Russia and the subsequent campaigns to push his forces back to the borders of France. Mr Daughan has not neglected the many combats on land along the Canadian-US border nor the many naval combats along the lakes and waterways in that area. The author has provided the reader with great accounts of naval combat ship-to-ship broadsides, boarding parties and frigates manoeuvring through shot and shell and stormy waters to gain the tactical advantage. The author has attempted to show the role of the fledgling US Navy and how it was a determining factor on the conduct of the war and the subsequent peace signed at Ghent in 1814. 1812: The Navy’s War is a well written account of America’s war with Britain from 1812 till 1815. ![]()
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