The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies

Buckner, Phillip, British Journal of Canadian Studies

Alan Taylor, The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010), 640 pp. Cased. $35. ISBN 978-1-4000-4265-4.

This is the first of a forthcoming flood of books that will mark the bicentenary of the War of 1812. It is also likely to be one of the best. Alan Taylor has mastered a wide range of primary and secondary sources to produce a narrative of a war that had until recently been all but forgotten because it seemed to have little long-term significance. Taylor takes a very different view. He argues that this was a 'civil war between kindred peoples, recently and incompletely divided by the revolution' (p. …

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Publication information: Article title: The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies. Contributors: Buckner, Phillip - Author. Journal title: British Journal of Canadian Studies. Volume: 24. Issue: 2 Publication date: July 1, 2011. Page number: 260. © Not available. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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