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Amateurs, to Arms!: A Military History of the War of 1812 - John R. Elting - Hardcover
by Elting, John R.
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- ISBN-13: 9780945575085
- ISBN: 0945575084
- Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
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Amateurs, to Arms! Examines in succession the campaigns of 'Mr. Madison's War': the U.S. invasion of Canada; the key naval battles on Lakes Erie and Champlain; the British invasion via the Chesapeake Bay and its repulse at Baltimore; and the campaign leading to the American victory at New Orleans, fought and won after the war was over. Elting describes the planning and preparations (or lack of them) for the campaigns, tells how they were fought, and analyzes the battlefield performance of both sides.Elting, John R. is the author of 'Amateurs, to Arms!: A Military History of the War of 1812 - John R. Elting - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780945575085 and ISBN 0945575084.
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