David Fitz-Enz

Hacks, Sycophants, Adventurers, and Heroes (eBook, ePUB)

Madison's Commanders in the War of 1812

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

While President James Madison was a brilliant scholar, author of much of this country's early documents, organizer of the executive branch of government, and an astute politician, he was no commander-in-chief. He relied totally upon appointed commodores and generals to conduct a war for the conquest of Canada on one hand and survival on the other. Often confused by advisors of little military talent, in the end he put his trust, and that of the people, in the grasp of hacks, sycophants, adventurers, and a few good men. This is the story of the good, the bad, and the outrageous that held the future of the young nation in their hands and prevailed in spite of a twenty-one-ship navy and an amateur army, pitched at the greatest military machine of its time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781589797017
• Artikelnr.: 38325531

Autorenporträt

By Colonel David Fitz-Enz

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Chronology of the War of 1812 Chapter 1: A Tale of Impressment
Isaac Hull
and William Hull Chapter 2: Andrew Jackson Chapter 3: Oliver Hazard Perry Chapter 4: William Henry Harrison
Chief Tecumseh
and Zachary Taylor Chapter 5: Henry Dearborn
Jacob Brown
and Winfield Scott Chapter 6: Alexander Macomb
and Thomas Macdonough Chapter 7: British Invasion
September 11
1814; John Wool; and Benjamin Mooers Chapter 8: Battle of Plattsburgh & Lake Champlain Chapter 9: Charles Stewart and the Barbary Pirates Chapter 10: Stephen Decatur
James Barron
and John Rodgers Chapter 11: William Bainbridge
David Porter
and James Lawrence Chapter 12: William Winder and James Wilkinson Bibliography Index About the Author