
For Honour's Sake
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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 Canada's master historians. Drawing on never-before-seen archival material, Zuehlke paints a vibrant picture of the war's major battles, vividly re-creating life in the trenches, the horrifying day-to-day manoeuvring 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.
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- Intro
- Other Books by this Author
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Map
- Introduction - To Meet with Frankness and Conciliation
- Part One - Clay's War
- Chapter One - A Republican of the First Fire
- Chapter Two - Insult to the Flag
- Chapter Three - The Search for Satisfaction
- Chapter Four - Imperious Necessities
- Chapter Five - British Intrigue
- Chapter Six - War Hawks
- Part Two - Reluctantly to War
- Chapter Seven - While Disunion Prevails
- Chapter Eight - Failures of Communication
- Chapter Nine - The Demons of War Unchained
- Chapter Ten - The Valiant Have Bled
- Chapter Eleven - Opportunities for Usefulness
- Chapter Twelve - Failures of Command
- Part Three - The Fortunes of War
- Chapter Thirteen - Peace Sincerely Desired
- Chapter Fourteen - An Expanded War
- Chapter Fifteen - A Succession of Defeats
- Chapter Sixteen - Have Met the Enemy
- Chapter Seventeen - Fields of Victory, Fields of Shame
- Chapter Eighteen - Under Great Danger
- Part Four - Quest for a Just Peace
- Chapter Nineteen - Destitute of Military Fire
- Chapter Twenty - Great Obstacles to Accommodation
- Chapter Twenty-One - Summer of Stalemate
- Chapter Twenty-Two - A Sine Qua Non
- Chapter Twenty-Three - A Capital Burned, a Campaign Lost
- Chapter Twenty-Four - Breaking Points
- Chapter Twenty-Five - Shifting Stances
- Chapter Twenty-Six - A Game of Brag
- Chapter Twenty-Seven - The Blessing of Peace
- Epilogue - Honour Preserved
- Photo Insert
- Appendix - The Text of the Treaty of Ghent
- Notes
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Copyright
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