SPLINTERING THE WOODEN WALL
The British Blockade of the United States,
1812-1815
Wade G. Dudley
NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press,
2002). 256 pages.
"The first book-length treatment of the 1812 blockade since Mahan's, Dudley's
well-reasoned analysis is certain to influence future thinking about the most
used tool in a sailing navy's arsenal." This work presents a useful overview of
the history, theory, and practice of blockades during the age of fighting sail.
It also provides an evaluation of the naval capabilities of the belligerents, a
comparison of the blockade of the United States to British blockades of
Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and a discussion of the importance of
geography in the theater of conflict. Readers will be fascinated by the story
that emerges of the modern world's first superpower at war with a developing
nation and of a conflict between civilized states that threatened to devolve
into little more than a campaign of terror. To support Dudley's examination of
documentary evidence are more than thirty tables, charts, maps, and
illustrations."
OUT OF PRINT.
$35.00
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