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"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."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: United States War of 1812,  Blockades,  Great Britain. Royal Navy,  Great Britain,  British Naval operations,  History,  War of 1812. fast (OCoLC)fst01199067,  Blockade,  Blokkade,  Zeemacht,  Oorlog van 1812,  Great britain, royal navy,  United states, history, war of 1812, naval operations

Places: United States

Times: War of 1812