Review_Of_“Orleans_Battle“_By_Remini

Review Of “Orleans Battle“ By Remini Robert V. Remini is one of the nations best historical authorities on Andrew Jackson, and a former professor of history at the University of Illinois, Chicago. With a host of excellent Andrew Jackson books under his belt, The Battle of New Orleans is no exception. The battle of New Orleans is well documented, including the reasons for it. Remini characterizes this battle as “one of the great turning points in American history,”(1) and he goes great lengths in proving this point. The Battle of New Orleans was truly one of, if not the most important victory for this nation(2). In the war of 1812 the British launched a three-prong assault on the United States. With invading British forces succeeding in breaching the Canadian border as well as setting fire to Washington DC all that was needed was the routing of the south. This set the stage for Andrew Jackson’s brilliant campaign and Remini’s excellent reverberation of the events. One of the most important factors in the American defeat of invading British forces is Jackson’s excellent preparedness and actions leading up to the battle it’s self. Moving troops at record speed, blazing his way remini, battle, british, one, jackson’s, jackson, great, book, orleans, new, half, first, excellent, andrew, american, war, united, time, states, out, history, forces, events, before, word, troops, treaty, south, smaller, reader, read, proved, problems, point, part