Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface Emotion, Persuasion, and the Meaning of War ix
4. Chapter 1. Celebrating Love, Liberty, and Progeny United States, circa 1811 1
5. Chapter 2. Failures of Feeling as National Disasters Detroit, August 1812 36
6. Chapter 3. Romantic Stories of Republican Conquest on the Great Lakes lake Erie, September 1813 76
7. Chapter 4. Demographic Strategies and the Defeat of Tecumseh Moraviantown, Canada, October 1813 118
8. Chapter 5 Liberty, Slavery, and the Burning of the Capital Washington, d.c., August 1814 168
9. Conclusion Ardor and Triumph new Orleans, January 1815 211
10. Notes 237
11. Index 299
12. Acknowledgments 313