The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812 - Brossura

Lambert, Andrew

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0571273203 ISBN 13: 9780571273201

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2013

Riassunto

In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British merchant shipping, the lifeblood of British defence. War polarised America. The south and west wanted land, the north wanted peace and trade. But America had to choose between the oceans and the continent. Within weeks the land invasion had stalled, but American warships and privateers did rather better, and astonished the world by besting the Royal Navy in a series of battles. Then in three titanic single ship actions the challenge was decisively met. British frigates closed with the Chesapeake, the Essex and the President, flagship of American naval ambition. Both sides found new heroes but none could equal Captain Philip Broke, champion of history's greatest frigate battle, when HMS Shannon captured the USS Chesapeake in thirteen blood-soaked minutes. Broke's victory secured British control of the Atlantic, and within a year Washington, D.C. had been taken and burnt by British troops.

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Recensione:

'[A] highly opinionated and superbly evocative account of the Anglo-American naval conflict ... Thrilling, even hypnotic.' --Sunday Times

'An accomplished work, full of high drama, trenchant argument and solid scholarship.' --Piers Brendon, Independent

'Superbly evocative account.' --Catholic Herald

'An excellent read ... I must recommend the work most highly to the widest possible range of readers.' --Navy News

'Meticulously compiled.' --Sunday Business Post

Descrizione del libro:

In The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812, Andrew Lambert explores the dramatic history of Britain's 1812 conflict with the American navy.

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• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0571273203
• ISBN 13: 9780571273201
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 560