Henry Adams: History of the United States Vol. 2 1809-1817 (LOA #32): The Administrations of James MadisonLibrary of America, 4 de jul. 1986 - 1436 pàgines This monumental work, the second of two Library of America volumes, culminated Henry Adams’s lifelong fascination with the American past. Writing at the height of his powers, Adams understood the true subject as the consolidation of the American nation and character, and his treatment has never been surpassed. Covering the eight years spanning the presidency of James Madison, this volume chronicles “Mr. Madison’s War”—the most bungled war in American history. The President and Congress delay while the United States is bullied and insulted by both England and France; then they plunge the country into the War of 1812 without providing the troops, monies, or fleets to wage it. The incompetence of the commanders leads to a series of disasters—including the burning of the White House and Capitol while Madison and his cabinet, fleeing from an invading army, watch from the nearby hills of Maryland and Virginia. The war has its heroes, too: William Henry Harrison at Tippecanoe and Andrew Jackson at New Orleans, Commodores Perry and Decatur and the officers and crew of the Constitution. As Adams tells it, though, disgrace, is averted by other means: the ineptitude of the British, the skill of the American artillerymen and privateers, and the diplomatic brilliance of Albert Gallatin and John Quincy Adams, who negotiated the peace treaty at Ghent. The history, full of reversals and paradoxes, ends with the largest irony of all: the United States, the apparent loser of the war, emerges as a great new world power destined to eclipse its European rivals. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. |
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VOLUME | 7 |
ALIENATION FROM FRANCE | 21 |
CANNINGS CONCESSIONS | 35 |
7 | 49 |
ERSKINES ARRANGEMENT | 61 |
FRANCIS JAMES JACKSON | 70 |
NAPOLEONS TRIUMPH | 97 |
EXECUTIVE WEAKNESS | 111 |
DEARBORNS CAMPAIGN | 718 |
EAST END OF LAKE ONTARIO | 734 |
WILKINSONS CAMPAIGN | 740 |
RIVER ST LAWRENCE FROM WILLIAMSBURG TO MONTREAL | 742 |
MOBILE AND FORT MIMS | 764 |
SEAT OF WAR AMONG THE CREEKS | 772 |
CAMPAIGNS AMONG THE CREEKS | 782 |
THE BLOCKADE | 802 |
LEGISLATIVE IMPOTENCE | 127 |
INCAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT | 143 |
THE DECREE OF RAMBOUILLET | 167 |
CADORES LETTER OF AUGUST 5 | 224 |
VOLUME TWO I PINKNEYS INAMICABLE LEAVE | 297 |
THE LITTLE BELT | 313 |
MADISON TRIUMPHANT | 327 |
HARRISON AND TECUMTHE | 342 |
TIPPECANOE | 359 |
MEETING OF THE TWELFTH CONGRESS | 374 |
WAR DEbates | 387 |
WAR LEGISLATION | 401 |
MADISON AS MINERVA | 417 |
HESITATIONS | 432 |
WAR | 446 |
JOEL BARLOW | 463 |
REPEAL OF THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL | 478 |
INVASION OF CANADA | 492 |
SEAT OF WAR ABOUT LAKE ERIE | 498 |
HULLS SURRENDER | 511 |
DETROIT RIVER | 512 |
THE NIAGARA CAMPAIGN | 528 |
STRAITS OF NIAGARA FROM LAKE ERIE | 530 |
NAVAL BATTLES | 550 |
DISCORD | 566 |
EXECUTIVE EMBARRASSMENTS | 582 |
WAR LEGISLATION | 598 |
The Second Administration of James Madison | 615 |
Contents VOLUME ONE I ENGLAND ANGRY | 621 |
RUSSIAN MEDIATION | 638 |
THE EXTRA SESSION OF 1813 | 655 |
THE RIVER RAISIN | 669 |
PROCTOR AND PERRY | 688 |
THE BATTLE OF THE THAMES | 707 |
ATTACK ON CRANEY ISLAND | 809 |
CHESAPEAKE AND ARGUS | 818 |
PRIVATEERING | 834 |
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND | 854 |
THE LAST EMBARGO | 871 |
MONROE AND ARMSTRONG | 889 |
VOLUME TWO I MASSACHUSETTS DECIDES | 907 |
CHIPPAWA AND LUNDYS LANE | 923 |
BATTLE OF CHIPPAWA | 934 |
BATTLE OF LUNDYS LANE AT SUNSET | 942 |
BATTLE OF LUNDYS LANE AT TEN OCLOCK | 948 |
FORT ERIE | 952 |
ATTACK AND Defence of FoRT ERIE | 955 |
PLATTSBURG | 972 |
NAVAL BATTLE AT PLATTSBURG | 983 |
BLADENSBURG | 993 |
CAMPAIGN OF WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE | 994 |
BATTLE OF BLADENSBURG | 1008 |
ATTACK AND Defence of BALTIMORE | 1029 |
SEAT OF WAR IN LOUISIANA AND WEST FLORIDA II24 | 1124 |
ATTACK ON FORT BOWYER | 1135 |
LANDING OF BRITISH ARMY AT NEW ORLEANS | 1144 |
ATTACK MADE BY MAJOR GENERAL JACKSON DEC 23 1814 | 1152 |
BRITISH AND AMERICAN POSITIONS AT NEW ORLEANS | 1162 |
ATTACK AND Defence of tHE AMERICAN LINES | 1171 |
CAPTURE OF FORT BOWYER | 1182 |
Index | 1347 |
1368 | |
1384 | |
1391 | |
Chronology | 1419 |
Note on the Texts | 1426 |
Notes | 1434 |
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