New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham

New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham

by Steven H Jaffe
New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham

New York at War: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham

by Steven H Jaffe

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Overview

Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed -- and how it has stubbornly endured -- under threats both external and internal.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780465036424
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 04/10/2012
Pages: 424
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.60(d)
Age Range: 13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Steven H. Jaffe is a writer and historian specializing in the history of New York City. Jaffe has worked at the Center for Jewish History in New York City, the New-York Historical Society (where he served as Senior Project Historian), and the South Street Seaport Museum. Jaffe graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and obtained his doctoral degree in history from Harvard University. His work has been published in The New-York Journal of American History, Seaport: New York's History Magazine, and in Kenneth T. Jackson's (ed.) Encyclopedia of New York City. Jaffe lives in Maplewood, NJ with his wife and two sons.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Savages and Salty Men 1

The Dutch-Lenape Encounter, 1609-1664

Chapter 2 Trojan Horses 29

New Amsterdam and the English Threat, 1658-1674

Chapter 3 Key and Bulwark 51

New York in the English Empire, 1664-1774

Chapter 4 Demons of Discord 77

The Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

Chapter 5 Hot Shot and Heavy Metal 111

France, England, and War at Sea, 1793-1815

Chapter 6 The Front Door 141

The Civil War, 1861-1865

Chapter 7 Huns Within Our Gates 177

World War I, 1914-1918

Chapter 8 Tempting Target 217

Global Conflict and World War II, 1933-1945

Chapter 9 Bed Alert 269

The Cold War Years, 1946-1982

Chapter 10 Declarations of War 311

Urban Terrorism, 1908-2001

Epilogue 337

Acknowledgments 341

Notes 343

For Further Reading 379

Index 387

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