Glorious Victory: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans

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"Whether or not the United States "won" the War of 1812, two engagements that occurred toward the end of the conflict had an enormous influence on the development of American identity: the successful defenses of the cities of Baltimore and New Orleans. The Battle of New Orleans - perhaps because it punctuated the war, lent itself to frontier mythology, and involved the larger-than-life figure of Andrew Jackson - became especially important in popular memory. In Glorious Victory, leading War of 1812 scholar Donald R. Hickey recounts the New Orleans campaign and Jackson's key role in the battle.

Tracing Jackson's emergence as a leader in Tennessee and his extraordinary success as a military commander in the field, Hickey finds in Jackson a bundle of contradictions: an enemy of privilege who belonged to Tennessee's ruling elite, a slaveholder who welcomed free blacks into his army, an Indian-hater who adopted a native orphan, and a general who lectured his superiors and sometimes ignore their orders while simultaneously demanding unquestioning obedience from his men.

Glorious Victory will reward readers with a clear understanding of Andrew Jackson's role in the War of 1812 and his iconic place in the postwar era."

Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press; 1st edition (May 15, 2015)
Language : English
Paperback : 168 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781421417042
ISBN-13 : 978-1421417042
Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.42 x 9 inches