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| ISBN: | 9781435610330
1435610334
9781612343013
1612343015
157488879X
9781574888799
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.
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| Summary: | Shortly before the United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Congress came within two votes of declaring war on Napoleon BonaparteÆs French empire. For six years, France and Britain had both seized American shipping. While common wisdom says that America was virtually an innocent in this matter, caught in the middle of the epic wars between France and Britain, Peter Hill has uncovered a far more complex and interesting history. French privateers and NapoleonÆs navy were seizing American merchant ships in a concerted attempt to disrupt BritainÆs commerce. American ships were the.
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| Other form: | Print version: Hill, Peter P., 1926- Napoleon's troublesome Americans. 1st ed. Dulles, Va. : Potomac Books, ©2005
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