The incredible War of 1812: a military historyHitsman's account of the War of 1812 is regarded by many experts as the best one-volume history of that conflict. It is an engrossing story of the causes of the war and of the campaigns and battles that raged on land and water, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. This new paperback edition, edited by Donald E. Graves, contains the entire text of the original edition and much new material. |
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Contents
Years of Tension | 3 |
A General Outline for Defence | 24 |
Opening Moves | 45 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The incredible War of 1812: a military history Volume 53 of Canadian university paperbacks |
| Author | J. Mackay Hitsman |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 19, 2008 |
| Length | 265 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / United States |
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