Roots of war
Free trade and sailors' rights
Jefferson's embargo and the slide toward war
Madison's strategy
The United States declares war
Blue-water victories
The Constitution and the Guerriere
Ripe apples and bitter fruit: the Canadian invasion
Canadian disasters accumulate
More blue-water victories
The Constitution and the Java
A sea change
Napoleon and Alexander
The Canadian invasion resumes
The Chesapeake and the Shannon
Raids in Chesapeake Bay
Oliver Hazard Perry
Attack on Montreal
The war at sea in 1813
The allies and Napoleon
British and American war plans
The British blockade
The Essex
Burning Washington
The war at sea continues in 1814
Negotiations begin at Ghent
Baltimore
Plattsburg
A peace treaty
The Hartford Convention
New Orleans
An amazing change
A new era
From temporary armistice to lasting peace: the importance of the war.