New York's War of 1812: Politics, Society, and Combat Volume 71

by Richard V. Barbuto

Book Overview

Popular memory of the War of 1812 caroms from the beleaguered Fort McHenry to the burning White House to an embattled New Orleans. But the critical action was elsewhere, as Richard V. Barbuto tells us in this clarifying work that puts the state of New York squarely at the center of America's first foreign war.

British demands to move the northern border as far south as the Ohio River put New York on the first line of defense. But it was the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806190825
• ISBN13: 9780806190822
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"