CONTENTS

List of Illustrations and Maps

Foreword

Editor’s Preface

Chapter 1. Irreconcilable Differences

Chapter 2. A Very Exposed Coast

Chapter 3. The Gathering Storm

Chapter 4. Lighting the Fuse

Chapter 5. By Land and by Sea

Chapter 6. Target: Norfolk

Chapter 7. The Battle of Norfolk

Chapter 8. Off the Beaten Path

Chapter 9. The Long, Hot Summer

Chapter 10. Bay Blues

Chapter 11. Sloops, Frigates, and Galleys

Chapter 12. Old Tricks

Chapter 13. Up a Creek

Chapter 14. Fire on the Patuxent

Chapter 15. The Battle of St. Leonard Creek

Chapter 16. Retribution and Recrimination

Chapter 17. Prelude to Disaster

Chapter 18. The Bladensburg Races

Chapter 19. Fire and Ruin

Chapter 20. Baltimore

Notes

Bibliography

Index