Author:
Beirne, Logan.
Edition Statement:1st American ed.
Imprint:New York : Encounter Books, 2013.
Descriptionviii, 420 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., col. map ; 24 cm.
Note:I. The King of America -- The not so United States -- Not as happy in peace as they had been glorious in war -- The shadow government -- The phoenix -- Wield the sword -- The Washington paradigm -- II. Cruel and usual punishment -- The currents of war -- Best circumspection -- The realities of war -- Necessary evil -- Fully justifiable -- What it takes to defend the nation -- III. Dictator of America -- Scorpion on a leash -- Between a hawk and a buzzard -- Onslaught -- The times that try men's souls -- Reevaluation -- Victory or death -- Idolatry -- Dictator perpetuo -- IV. Tribunals & tribulations -- Prosecution of military duty -- A traitor lurks -- Treason of the blackest dye -- Courts-martial & commissions -- American military justice -- V. His excellency's loyal subjects: wartime rights of americans -- Total ruin -- Band of brethren -- Poison & peas -- America's defender -- License to plunder -- Not-so-civil civil war -- VI. Could have been king -- Consummate prudence -- Winning the peace -- Spectacles and speculation -- Greatest man in the world.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
