Maps
ix
Introduction xxv
1 Road to War
1(12)
2 Free Trade and Sailors' Rights
13(10)
3 Jefferson's Embargo and the Slide Toward War
23(8)
4 Madison's Strategy
31(12)
5 The United States Declares War
43(10)
6 Blue-Water Victories
53(20)
7 The Constitution and the Guerriere
73(12)
8 Ripe Apples and Bitter Fruit: The Canadian Invasion
85(18)
9 Canadian Disasters Accumulate
103(18)
10 More Blue-Water Victories
121(14)
11 The Constitution and the Java
135(16)
12 A Sea Change
151(12)
13 Napoleon and Alexander
163(10)
14 The Canadian Invasion Resumes
173(14)
15 The Chesapeake and the Shannon
187(12)
16 Raids in Chesapeake Bay
199(8)
17 Oliver Hazard Perry
207(12)
18 Attack on Montreal
219(10)
19 The War at Sea in 1813
229(16)
20 The Allies and Napoleon
245(10)
21 British and American War Plans
255(22)
22 The British Blockade
277(6)
23 The Essex
283(8)
24 Burning Washington
291(20)
25 The War at Sea Continues in 1814
311(14)
26 Negotiations Begin at Ghent
325(8)
27 Baltimore
333(8)
28 Plattsburgh
341(12)
29 A Peace Treaty
353(8)
30 The Hartford Convention
361(10)
31 New Orleans
371(22)
32 An Amazing Change
393(10)
33 A New Era
403(10)
34 From Temporary Armistice to Lasting Peace: The Importance of the War
413(6)
Acknowledgments 419(2)
Notes 421(40)
Glossary 461(4)
Select Bibliography 465(12)
Index 477