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The United States achieved none of its war aims, and the peace, concluded in December 1814, metBritain's long-term maritime needs. However, as this book demonstrates, it was in fact a British victory. The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States was fought on many fronts: single ship actions in the Atlantic aUS invasion of Canada, which the Canadians heroically resisted the burning of the new US capital, Washington, by the British, the President's house subsequently painted white to hide the fire damage and an unsuccessful attack bythe British on New Orleans. Named one of the 20 Notable Naval Books of 2011 in the US Naval Institute Proceedings Magazine, May 2012

Overturns established thinking about the Anglo-American War of 1812-15.