Bibliograph

Hacks, sycophants, adventurers & heroes, Madison's commanders in the War of 1812, Colonel David Fitz-Enz, USA Ret

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Hacks, sycophants, adventurers & heroes, Madison's commanders in the War of 1812, Colonel David Fitz-Enz, USA Ret

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

platesmapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hacks, sycophants, adventurers & heroes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

760971815

Responsibility statement

Colonel David Fitz-Enz, USA Ret

Sub title

Madison's commanders in the War of 1812

Summary

While President James Madison was a brilliant scholar, author of much of this country's early documents, organizer of the executive branch of government, and an astute politician, he was no commander-in-chief. He relied totally upon appointed commodores and generals to conduct a war for the conquest of Canada on one hand and survival on the other. Often confused by advisors of little military talent, in the end he put his trust, and that of the people, in the grasp of hacks, sycophants, adventurers, and a few good men. This is the story of the good, the bad, and the outrageous that held the future of the young nation in their hands and prevailed in spite of a twenty-one-ship navy and an amateur army, pitched at the greatest military machine of its time

Table Of Contents

A tale of impressment, Isaac Hull, and William Hull -- Andrew Jackson -- Oliver Hazard Perry -- William Henry Harrison, Chief Tecumseh, and Zachary Taylor -- Henry Dearborn, Jacob Brown, and Winfield Scott -- Alexander Macomb, and Thomas MacDonough -- British invasion September 11, 1814; John Wool; and Benjamin Moores -- Battle of Plattsburgh and Lake Champlain -- Charles Stewart, and the Barbary pirates -- Stephen Decatur, James Barron, and John Rogers -- William Bainbridge, David Porter, and James Lawrence -- William Winder and James Wilkinson

Target audience

adult

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