The Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 is considered by many to
be the most important naval confrontation of the War of 1812. Made
famous by the American fleet commander Oliver Hazard Perry's comment,
"We have met the enemy and they are ours," the battle marked the U.S.
Navy's first successful fleet action and was one of the rare
occasions when the Royal Navy surrendered an entire squadron. This
book draws on British, Canadian, and American documents to offer a
totally impartial analysis of all sides of the struggle to control
the lake. New diagrams of the battle are included that reflect the
authors' modification of traditional positions of various vessels.
The book also evaluates the strategic background and tactical conduct
of the British and the Americans and the command leadership exercised
by Perry and his British opponent, Commander Robert H. Barclay. Not
since James Fenimore Cooper's 1843 book on the subject has the battle
been examined in such detail, and not since Alfred Thayer Mahan's
1905 study of the war has there been such a significant
reinterpretation of the engagement. First published in hardcover in
1997, the book is the winner of the North American Society for
Oceanic History's John Lyman Book Award.
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