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Edited on Mon Dec-18-06 11:59 AM by WannaJumpMyScooter
a great new book on the birth of the US Navy, and the War of 1812
discussing whether the politicians that voted for the war would be punished when, after the Treaty of Ghent was ratified, it was obvious the entire war was pointless... "It was not to be. The American public was in no mood to be told the War of 1812 had been futile and unnecessary. They much preferred the story told by the Republicans (note.. NOT the GOP)-- that Americans had prevailed in a great patriotic campaign... The humiliating reverses in Canada, the near-succession of New England, the widespread trading with the enemy, the collapse of the national finances, the near-total destruction of trade, and the hard fact that none of the war's formal objectives were achieved in the treaty--all these considerations were quickly wiped from public memory, and the War of 1812 was proclaimed a "Second War of Independence"
Wow. Does that ring a bell for anyone?
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