The Weight of Vengeance

• Timed to publish on the 200th anniversary of the outbreak of the War of 1812.
• Takes a truly transatlantic perspective, arguing that Britain was a driving force in declaring, shaping and concluding the war.
• Contends that the United States emerged victorious, despite the ambiguity of the peace treaty.
• Moves beyond a military account of the war.

Readership: Readers of early American, British imperial, and Canadian history

Troy Bickham, Associate Professor of History, Texas A&M University

Troy Bickham is an Associate Professor of History and a Ray A. Rothrock Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. He is the author of Making Headlines: The American Revolution as Seen Through the British Press and Savages within Empire.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The American Case for War
2 The British Empire's Case for War
3 Declaring War
4 America on the Offensive
5 The British Empire at War
6 Wartime Opposition in the United States
7 British Opposition to the War
8 Ending the War and Constructing the Peace
Conclusion: Who Won the War of 1812?
Abbreviations
Notes
Index