War of 1812
The Effectiveness of American Strategy in the War of 1812
In the War of 1812, the American military took to a land offensive against Britain. England's navy was the most powerful in the world. However, when the American Navy did act, it acted in an indirect manner -- by attempting to "disrupt" the English merchant marine traders (Wright, 2007). So while the Americans on land had superior numbers to the British, the English Navy had superior strength at sea, which Britain used to blockade American ports. The American military strategy, therefore, was to go on the offensive in the Great Lakes region. Yet, the American militia was undertrained and too undisciplined to oppose the outnumbered British. If it were not for Andrew Jackson (and the blessed fog) at the Battle of New Orleans, American military strategy in the War of 1812 might have seen no high points. As it was, the effectiveness of the military's strategy could be gauged by the fact that the British were able to march on Washington and burn the capital building to the ground -- and the only thing that kept them from marching on to Baltimore was what appeared to be a solid American defense. This paper will...
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Form this point-of-view (Goodman) the war hawks are considered to this day the catalysts of the 1812 war, despite the circumstances and the eventual need for world consideration. Overall it can be concluded that the war hawks represent a rather controversial presence in the history of the United States. While some argue that they are in fact responsible for a painful war against Britain that could have been averted, other
Lear and Comodore Barron, the commander of the American fleet in the Mediterranean agreed in 1805 that Ahmad was no longer useful to the American cause. As a result, Lear met with Muhammad D'Ghies, Tripoli's Minister for foreign affairs, and eventually reached an agreement. War prisoners would be mutually exchanged, and America had to pay a sum of $60, 000 to Tripoli. However, this sum was considerably smaller than
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