Naval War of 1812 : Or the History of the United States Navy During the Last ...

Naval War of 1812 : Or the History of the United States Navy During the Last War With Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans, Paperback by Roosevelt, Theodore, ISBN 0306809109, ISBN-13 9780306809101, Brand New, Free shipping in the USTheodore Roosevelt (1) lived an extraordinary life distinguished by a stunning array of accomplishments: war hero, 26th President, reformer, historian, conservationist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, author, and explorer. But it was the navy that most fascinated him throughout his long and varied career, and it was in The Naval War of 1812 (published in 1882 when he was only 23) that he first declared his interest.
Praised for its scholarship, assurance, and originality, this classic naval history offers stirring and comprehensive accounts of the war's dramatic naval battles, and of the American and English commanders who fought on the vast North American lakes and on the ocean for control of the continent. Th proved instrumental in securing Roosevelt's appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1897, and decisively influenced the . Navy's transformation from a skeletal isolationist force into a formidable international sea power that made expansionism not only possible but inevitable.