The year was 1812, and the United States teetered once again on the brink of war with Great Britain. Caught in England's ongoing battle with France, the United States found its ports blockaded and its young sailors pressed into service aboard British vessels.War of 1812, Revised Edition tells of the young country's heroic campaign to beat back one of the most powerful military forces in the world—and to rid America of foreign powers once and for all. With full-colour and black-and-white images and maps, informative sidebars, a useful chronology and glossary, and an index, this new edition is completed by a new chapter about the technological and tactical innovations used during this war.
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Tells of the young US's heroic campaign to beat back one of the most powerful military forces in the world - and to rid America of foreign powers once and for all. With full-colour and black-and-white images and maps, informative sidebars, a useful chronology and glossary, this new edition is completed by a new chapter about the technological and tactical innovations used during this war.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780816081943
Publisert
2010-09-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Facts On File Inc
Vekt
333 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
E, 04
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
192

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Om bidragsyterne

Miriam Greenblatt holds a B.A. in political science and economics from Hunter College in New York City and a teaching certificate from Spertus College, USA and performed graduate work in political science and economics at the University of Chicago. She is a freelance writer and has written or coauthored numerous books on history, including young adult biographies of John Quincy Adams and Franklin D. Roosevelt and history books at both the junior high and high school levels.