Splintering the Wooden Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815 - Couverture rigide

Dudley, Wade G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 155750167X ISBN 13 : 9781557501677

Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 2003

Synopsis

Most naval historians take their cue from the work of Alfred Thayer Mahan published a century ago and view the blockade of the United States during the War of 1812 as a highly effective wooden wall. But Wade Dudley challenges that prevailing interpretation and in the pages of this new study provides a bold new assessment.
Rather than an impermeable wooden wall, he says the Royal Navy's blockade resembled a light picket fence that was easily splintered by aggressive American public and private navies preying on British merchantmen. The first book-length treatment of the 1812 blockade since Mahan's, his well-reasoned analysis is certain to influence future thinking about the most used tool in a sailing Navy's arsenal.

The work presents a useful overview of the history, theory, and practice of blockades during the age of fighting sail along with an evaluation of the naval capabilities of the belligerents, a comparison of the blockade of the United States to British blockades of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and a discussion of the importance of geography in the theatre of conflict.

Readers will be fascinated by the story that emerges of the modern world's first super power at war with a developing nation and of a conflict between civilized states that threatened to devolve into little more than a campaign of terror.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Wade G. Dudley is a visiting assistant professor at East Carolina University. He holds a master’s degree in maritime history and nautical archaeology from East Carolina University and a doctorate in history from the University of Alabama. His is a specialist in European military history. Hs publications include both history and historical fiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Naval Institute Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155750167X
• ISBN 13: 9781557501677
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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