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Article: For Honour's Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace.(Book review)
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- Canadian Journal of History
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- September 22, 2007
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For Honour's Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace, by Mark Zuehlke. Toronto, Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2006. xiv, 443 pp. $37.95 Cdn (cloth).
For most modern North Americans, the War of 1812 is something of an after-thought, when it is even thought of at all. While the war did provide Canadians with national heroes, such as Isaac Brock and Laura Secord, and Americans with their national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," the contemporary relevance of the events of the War of 1812, and especially the politics and diplomacy that caused, drove, and ultimately ended it, does not spring readily to mind. Canadian military historian Mark Zuehlke's ...