Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. CONTENTS IX
4. I . PROLOGUE 1
5. II . RELUCTANT DRAGONS 3
6. III . JONATHAN FACES A DRUBBING 25
7. IV. AMERICANS AT GHENT 39
8. V. THE BRITISH DILEMMA 58
9. VI. ABANDONING THE "SABLE HEROES" 81
10. VII. CONQUEST OR COMPROMISE? 102
11. VIII. THE SHOCK OF PEACE 128
12. IX. THE UNEASY ARMISTICE 156
13. X. WARFARE OF THE MIND 173
14. XI. VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH AND MR. ADAMS 196
15. XII. COTTON AND TOBACCO, CALICOES AND CUTLERY 220
16. XIII. DIPLOMACY OF THE PAST 239
17. XIV. THE CONVENTION OF 1818 259
18. XV. SPANISH SPOILS 283
19. XVI. CANNING SEEKS AN ALLY 305
20. XVII. THE MONROE DOCTRINE 326
21. NOTE ON THE SOURCES 349
22. INDEX 355