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Tango01 | 18 Nov 2016 12:40 p.m. PST |
… Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies. "The War of 1812 has the unfortunate fate of being wedged between two of the most greatly studied events of modern world history, the American Revolution and Civil War. Indeed, the looming bicentennial of the 1812 conflict promises to be overshadowed by year two of the Civil War sesquicentennial. Yet one can hope that Alan Taylor's remarkably researched and cogently argued book will ignite scholarly and even public interest in this conflict. Taylor's superb study promises to reshape not only our understanding of the second and last Anglo-American conflict, but also the broader story concerning the new political structures that emerged from the British imperial crisis of the late 18th century. At the heart of Taylor's richly detailed study is what he calls the ‘northern borderland' that stretches from Detroit in the west to Montreal in the east. This strategic zone was the site of a post-revolutionary 'cold war' between the newly independent United States and its former colonial master (p. 28). Neither the Americans nor the British were content with the 1783 settlement that concluded the American War of Independence. American statesmen of the Jeffersonian persuasion viewed Canada as a menacing outpost of monarchical colonialism that was paradoxically populated by proto-republicans who yearned to be liberated; British imperialists, such as Upper Canada's Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, sought to consolidate a 'counterrevolutionary regime in Canada' that eventually would become strong enough to rollback American republicanism (p. 5). Simcoe is one of many long neglected figures who emerge as an important actor in The Civil War of 1812…" Main page link Amicalement Armand |
Dave Jackson | 18 Nov 2016 1:41 p.m. PST |
Yea, that's a good book, have it |
Tango01 | 19 Nov 2016 10:41 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the info!. Amicalement Armand
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