![]() ![]() The perspectival view is the key to why The War of 1812: Conflict of a Continent is worth reading. Further, Stagg supplies a cogent analysis of the war from a variety of perspectives - social, political and economic - as well as from the point of view of two groups (Canadians and Native Americans) for whom the war represented a watershed. ![]() Stagg argues for the war’s importance in helping create a strong national identity for the United States. The War of 1812 lives in the popular imagination as a series of lively anecdotes, most involving Dolly Madison liberating herself and the president from the White House in time to avoid a conflagration ignited by malicious Red Coats. Visit the War of 1812 Exhibit at The National Portrait Gallery
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