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Title: For Honour's Sake
Subtitle: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Narrator: Brian Holsopple
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-19-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
In the tradition of Margaret MacMillans Paris 1919 comes a new consideration of Canadas most famous war and the Treaty of Ghent that unsatisfactorily concluded it, from one of this countrys premier military historians.
In the Canadian imagination, the War of 1812 looms large. It was a war in which British and Indian troops prevailed in almost all of the battles, in which the Americans were unable to hold any of the land they fought for, in which a young woman named Laura Secord raced over the Niagara peninsula to warn of American plans for attack (though how she knew has never been discovered), and in which Canadian troops burned down the White House.
Competing American claims insist to this day that, in fact, it was they who were triumphant. But where does the truth lie? Somewhere in the middle, as is revealed in this major new reconsideration from one of Canadas master historians. Drawing on never-before-seen archival material, Zuehlke paints a vibrant picture of the wars major battles, vividly re-creating life in the trenches, the horrifying day-to-day maneuvering on land and sea, and the dramatic negotiations in the Flemish city of Ghent that brought the war to an unsatisfactory end for both sides.
By focusing on the fraught dispute in which British and American diplomats quarrelled as much amongst themselves as with their adversaries, Zuehlke conjures the compromises and backroom deals that yielded conventions resonating in relations between the United States and Canada to this very day.
Members Reviews:
âWar! huh yeah. What is it good for?"
The title of this review is based on lyrics of one of the most famous anti-Vietnam War protest songs, âWarâ from 1969 by Edwin Starr. While the question âWar, what is it good for?â could, arguably, be used on most wars ever fought, this seemed to me to be particularly apt for the War of 1812. For, after several years of bitter conflict, what were after all the results: A status quo ante bellum (a Latin phrase meaning: "the state existing before the war") with no boundary changes.
âFor honourâs sakeâ is an exceptional account of this conflict written by Mark Zuehlke, one of Canadaâs premier military historians and the author of a popular series on the role Canadians played in World War II, which has garnered critical praise.
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Title: For Honour's Sake
Subtitle: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Narrator: Brian Holsopple
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-19-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
In the tradition of Margaret MacMillans Paris 1919 comes a new consideration of Canadas most famous war and the Treaty of Ghent that unsatisfactorily concluded it, from one of this countrys premier military historians.
In the Canadian imagination, the War of 1812 looms large. It was a war in which British and Indian troops prevailed in almost all of the battles, in which the Americans were unable to hold any of the land they fought for, in which a young woman named Laura Secord raced over the Niagara peninsula to warn of American plans for attack (though how she knew has never been discovered), and in which Canadian troops burned down the White House.
Competing American claims insist to this day that, in fact, it was they who were triumphant. But where does the truth lie? Somewhere in the middle, as is revealed in this major new reconsideration from one of Canadas master historians. Drawing on never-before-seen archival material, Zuehlke paints a vibrant picture of the wars major battles, vividly re-creating life in the trenches, the horrifying day-to-day maneuvering on land and sea, and the dramatic negotiations in the Flemish city of Ghent that brought the war to an unsatisfactory end for both sides.
By focusing on the fraught dispute in which British and American diplomats quarrelled as much amongst themselves as with their adversaries, Zuehlke conjures the compromises and backroom deals that yielded conventions resonating in relations between the United States and Canada to this very day.
Members Reviews:
âWar! huh yeah. What is it good for?"
The title of this review is based on lyrics of one of the most famous anti-Vietnam War protest songs, âWarâ from 1969 by Edwin Starr. While the question âWar, what is it good for?â could, arguably, be used on most wars ever fought, this seemed to me to be particularly apt for the War of 1812. For, after several years of bitter conflict, what were after all the results: A status quo ante bellum (a Latin phrase meaning: "the state existing before the war") with no boundary changes.
âFor honourâs sakeâ is an exceptional account of this conflict written by Mark Zuehlke, one of Canadaâs premier military historians and the author of a popular series on the role Canadians played in World War II, which has garnered critical praise.