Monday, May 16, 2016

THE WAR OF 1812

Donald R. Hickey, ed., The War of 1812: Writings from America's Second War of Independence (New York: Library of America, 2013)(As with America's First War of Independence, America did not win the War of 1812. Great Britain lost it; or, to be more precise, began no longer willing to pursue it. As with the First, in the Second the American's again unsuccessfully invaded Canada. The result, binding Canada ever closer to Great Britain. And, one sees White Americans viewing Native Americans (even those allied and fighting on America's side) as "internal enemies," to be exterminated or removed.).