List of Books About The War of 1812 - Overviews

Overviews

• Adams, Henry. History of the United States during the Administrations of James Madison (1891; Library of America ed. 1986). classic American narrative; Garry Wills, Henry Adams and the Making of America (2005) is a close reading of Adams's history.
• Benn, Carl. The War of 1812 online version; Oxford, UK 2002 (ISBN 41764663), short overview
• Berton, Pierre; The Invasion of Canada: 1812-1813 (1980). ISBN 0-7710-1244-6; Flames Across the Border: 1813-1814 (1981); reissued as Perre Berton's War of 1812 (Toronto: Anchor Canada, 2011); popular Canadian narrative; 928pp
• Bickham, Troy, The Weight of Vengeance: The United States, The British Empire, and the War of 1812 (Oxford University Press, 2012) ISBN 978-0195391787
• Black, Jeremy. The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon (2009) by English military historian
• Borneman, Walter R. 1812: The War That Forged a Nation (2004), popular
• Heidler, Donald & Jeanne T. Heidler (eds) Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 (2nd ed 2004) 636pp; most comprehensive guide; 500 entries by 70 scholars from several countries
• Hickey, Donald R. Don't Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812. (2006) ISBN 0-252-03179-2
• Hickey, Donald R. The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict. ISBN 0-252-06059-8 (1990), standard scholarly history
• Hitsman, J. M. The Incredible War of 1812 (1965), survey by Canadian scholar
• Langguth, A. J. Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence (2006) 495pp, popular history
• Latimer, Jon, 1812: War with America (Harvard, 2007). A scholarly British perspective ISBN 0-674-02584-9
• Misiak, Zig, "War of 1812: Highlighting Native Nations", 2012, ISBN 978-0-9811880-5-8 website
• Malcomson, Robert. Historical Dictionary of the War of 1812 (Landham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2006). ISBN 0-8108-5499-6 699pp
• Stagg, J.C.A. The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent (Cambridge Essential Histories, 2012) ISBN 0-521-72686-7
• Suthren, Victor. The War of 1812 (1999). ISBN 0-7710-8317-3
• Sweeny, Alastair. Fire Along the Frontier: Great Battles of the War of 1812 (Dundurn, 2012). ISBN 978-1-4597-0433-6; Resource Site; popular history by Canadian journalist
• Taylor, Alan. The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies (2010) by Pulitzer Prize winner
• Tucker, Spencer C., ed. The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 (3 vol: ABC-CLIO, 2012), 1034pp
• Zuehlke, Mark. For Honour's Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace. (2007) by Canadian military historian