Amateurs, To Arms!: A Military History Of The War Of 1812

"A gripping narrative of an unpopular and badly fought war—a century and a half before Vietnam—that will shock the uninformed reader."—Military History



Begun in ignorance of the military reality, the War of 1812 was fought catch-as-catch-can with raw troops, incompetent officers, and appallingly inadequate logistics. The odds against the American fighting forces-woefully unrealistic preparations and expectations, British military might, a feckless Congress and administration, the treason of ...