Privateering
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4214-1747-9 (ISBN)
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Kert highlights the economic, strategic, social, and political impact of privateering on both sides and explains why its toll on normal shipping helped convince the British that the war had grown too costly. Fascinating, unfamiliar, and full of surprises, this book will appeal to historians and general readers alike.
Faye M. Kert is an independent historian who earned her PhD from the University of Leiden. She is the author of Trimming Yankee Sails: Pirates and Privateers of New Brunswick and Prize and Prejudice: Privateering and Naval Prize in Atlantic Canada in the War of 1812.
Acknowledgments
Introduction. "A Ruinous and Unnecessary War"
1. In Flagrante Bello
An Unwelcome War
Managing Private Armed Warfare
Annoying the Enemy
Underwriting the Cost of War
Stratagems of War
Keeping the Prize
Strict and Rigorous Blockade
Long-range Privateering
The "Mud-Clipper" Trade
Compulsory Convoy
Win, Lose, or Draw?
2. "True, Publick and Notorious"
The Origins of Privateering
The Rise of Prize Law
International Law and Neutral Rights
Colonial Vice-Admiralty Courts
The Marquis de Somerueles
A Southern Prize Court
The Admiralty Court Process
3. No Prey, No Pay
The Cost of War
Commercial Warfare
Economic Options
Atlantic Canada's Privateers
American Privateers
Eyes on the Prize
Privateering out of New York
The Balance Sheet
4. The Misfortunes of War
Taking the Risk
The Perils of Privateering
Drink, Discipline, and Duty
Combat, Capture, and Recapture
Prisoners of War
Death and Destruction
Conclusion
5. The Prizewinners
Liverpool Packet
Yankee
Comet
America
Saucy Jack
True Blooded Yankee
Surprise
Fox
Retaliation
Sir John Sherbrooke
General Armstrong
Conclusion. The Final Tally
Appendix. Prize Makers and Prizes
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.11.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812 |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Maps; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 431 g |
Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4214-1747-2 / 1421417472 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4214-1747-9 / 9781421417479 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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