Publisher Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Alan Taylor tells the riveting story of a war that redefined North America. In a world of double identities, slippery allegiances, and porous borders, the leaders of the American Republic and the British Empire struggled to control their own diverse peoples. Taylor’s vivid narrative of an often brutal- sometimes farcical-war reveals much about the tangled origins of the United States and Canada.
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“I really liked this book. I found the usual nationalism that so often invades any discussion of the War of 1812 muted and the consequences of the war to both sides discussed in a fresh way. This book was particularly useful as an intelligent rebuttal to the hyper-nationalistic and comical ads recently played before any movie in Ontario courtesy of Harper’s Conservative government (still referred to as the Tories for my American friends).”
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Leigh (4 out of 5 stars)
