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Amateurs, To Arms!: A Military History Of The War Of 1812 (Major Battles & Campaigns)
John R. Elting
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| #1485410 in Books | 1995-08-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.87 x5.50l,1.11 | File type: PDF | 372 pages | ISBN13: 9780306806537 | Condition: New | Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Military Lessons in What Not to Do|By K. Collins|This is an excellent history of the War of 1812, strictly from the military point of view. It does not go into the political aspects or the causes of the war, except in passing. Elting emphasizes the numerous blunders of inexperienced militia commanders. Some of the "regular army" officers were just about as bad. THE TWO TAK|From Publishers Weekly|No other conflict in our history found us so unready or ill-prepared as the War of 1812, argues Elting, who here presents the military side of the war and emphasizes the amateurishness of the Americans who managed to win their "Second War
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 many citizens who fed and praised the enemy—were overwhelming. American soil was invaded along three frontiers, th...
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