Stalkey and Co | 24 Oct 2024 5:00 a.m. PST |
While the "definitive" book on land operations appears to have been George F. Stanley's "The War of 1812 Land Operations", I'm wondering if at the bicentennial in 2012 other worthy historical works were made? If you have some recommendations, please post them! While I'm presently interested in land operations, I also game Age of Sail, and welcome suggestions for that aspect of the war also. Thanks! |
0ldYeller | 24 Oct 2024 6:24 a.m. PST |
Pierre Berton – War of 1812. |
John the OFM | 24 Oct 2024 6:25 a.m. PST |
Try Theodore Roosevelt's Naval War of 1812. You may have heard of him. link |
IronDuke596 | 24 Oct 2024 9:04 a.m. PST |
Quimby, Robert S. U.S. ARMY IN THE WAR OF 1812 An Operational and Command Study, a detailed lookat the US Army & its Leaders, extensive research,chapter notes, appendix, biblio, index. 2 vol, 985 pgs 1998 LANSING, MICHIGAN STATE This is my go to OOB etc. Expensive but worth every penny. Jon Latimer, 1812: War with America, Harvard University Press, 2007. Balanced and very well written. J. Mackay Hitsman, The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History, Robin Brass Studio, updated By Donald Graves in 1999. Well written with maps. Robert Malcomson, The A to Z of the War of 1812, The Scarecrow Press, 2009. Very useful. George C. Daughan, 1812: The navy's War, Basic Books, 2011. I have more but these will get you started. |
David Manley | 24 Oct 2024 10:43 a.m. PST |
"The Challenge" by Andrew Lambert link |
bobspruster | 24 Oct 2024 11:16 a.m. PST |
For a wargame perspective, "Bad Roads and Poor Rations" by Adrian Mandzy would be a good choice. The book includes both land and waterborne scenarios…59 of them. Amazon has it for about $37. USD |
Stalkey and Co | 24 Oct 2024 12:22 p.m. PST |
@ John the OFM Yeah, he was president during WWII, right? One thing I should have mentioned was maps. I'm continuously stunned at how crappy the maps are in books in the $20 USD-40 range… like they let their 5yo do a pencil sketch.
Then you get over the top awesome maps like West Point Atlas of the ACW, and such. I realize that's not the purpose of every book, but I'm just looking for a happy medium! Rant over… |
Dave Jackson | 24 Oct 2024 3:55 p.m. PST |
The civil war of 1812 by Alan Taylor 1812: the war that forged a nation by Walter R Borneman The war of 1812 by Donald R Hickey Lords of the Lake: the war on Lake Ontario by Robert Malcolmson Six frigates: the epic history of the founding of the US Navy by Ian W Toll. There are plenty more if you want.
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John Armatys | 24 Oct 2024 4:32 p.m. PST |
I'd second "Six Frigates", recommended even for those with no interest in the war – it is a brilliant read! |
Stalkey and Co | 25 Oct 2024 3:19 a.m. PST |
My library has the Osprey – any opinions on it as an "overview". Sometimes they have good maps, also. The War of 1812 (Essential Histories) by Carl Benn |
0ldYeller | 25 Oct 2024 6:17 a.m. PST |
Recently Strategy & Tactics devoted one of their Quarterly issues to The War of 1812 – was a good overview with lots of maps. |
Silurian | 25 Oct 2024 8:38 a.m. PST |
This series by Richard Feltoe is excellent. link |
0ldYeller | 25 Oct 2024 9:33 a.m. PST |
Further, as a non-read alternative – there is the PBS documentary series on the War of 1812 from I think around 1999. It is available on You Tube. Lots of scenes with reenactors as I recall. There is also some episodes from the TV series Canada: A Peoples History that address The War of 1812 – of course that version is from the winning side LOL. |
Trockledockle | 25 Oct 2024 12:08 p.m. PST |
Have you had a look through these? They are free! Excellent piece of work by Prince of Essling. TMP link |
Trockledockle | 25 Oct 2024 12:13 p.m. PST |
Although it's a 100 years old, I think this book by Wood is very readable. PDF link |
FrankWidman | 28 Oct 2024 8:18 a.m. PST |
I remember diving into the War of 1812 for a project, and the amount of detail was overwhelming. I needed extra help with assignments and found out here that saved my research efforts, you can find out here which took a lot off my plate. For anyone exploring books on this topic, "The Incredible War of 1812" by J. Mackay Hitsman is excellent, especially for its maps. Seeing troop movements visually really helped me understand the battle strategies and made the whole topic more engaging! |