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In the years following the War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans hero General Andrew Jackson became a power unto himself. Having earlier gained national acclaim and a military promotion upon successfully leading the West Tennessee militia in the Creek War of 1813-1814, Jackosn furthered his fame in the First Seminole War in 1818, which led to his invasion of Spanish West Florida without presidential or congressional authorization and to the execution of two British subject. In Old Hickory's War, David and Jeanne Heidler present an iconoclastic interpretation of the political, military, and ethnic complexities of Jackson's involvement in those two historic episodes. Their exciting narrative shows how the general's unpredictable behavior and determination to achieve his goals, combined with a timid administration headed by James Monroe, brought the United States to the brink of an international crisis in 1818 and sparked the longest congressional debate of the period.

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• Full title: Old Hickory's War
• Subtitle: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire
• Author: David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• EAN: 9780807128671
• ISBN: 0807128678
• ID: 11527684
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Weight: 372 g
• Dimensions: 204 × 140 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. April 2003

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