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:American-centric would be that the United States won. The main article is far from that perspective. I would argue that the article gives too much emphasis to the Canadas based on modern popular perception. ] (]) 00:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC) :American-centric would be that the United States won. The main article is far from that perspective. I would argue that the article gives too much emphasis to the Canadas based on modern popular perception. ] (]) 00:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC)


::It is often screamed that this article is tilted. In fact, one gentleman took it as a personal crusade to have the article state that the British won, for 13 years. Throughout the article, we took pains to present the facts and only the facts without the commentary of any sort. While a small war, it is a complex one. There are Canadian's that would swear on a stack of bibles, that the one and only reason that the war started was American greed. There are Americans that insist that since we kept the country whole, we won. However, there is ample documentation on both the American Government of the time, as well as the British. :: It is often screamed that this article is tilted. One gentleman took it as a personal crusade to have the article state that the British won for 13 years. Throughout the report, we took pains to present the facts and only the facts without commentary of any sort. While a small war, it is a complex one. Some Canadians would swear on a stack of bibles that American greed was the only reason the war started. Some Americans insist that since we kept the country whole, we won. However, there is ample documentation on both the American Government of the time and the British that maritime trade was the issue.


::The object of contention has over the course of the last 15 years that I have been involved as an editor on this article, has been the outcome section. There are and remain wars that do not lend themselves as a won/lost outcome. This war was one of them. Having read through the letters and memorandum of both governments, it becomes apparent that both sides simply wanted out of a war that had no chance of ever ending outside of a settlement. :: The object of contention over the last 15 years that I have been involved as an editor on this article has been the outcome section. There are and remain wars that do not lend themselves as a won/lost outcome. This war was one of them. Having read through the letters and memorandum of both governments, it becomes apparent that both sides wanted out of a war that had no chance of ever ending outside of a settlement.


::As with the American Revolutionary War, trying to supply and equip an army for continous operations from across the Atlantic Ocean was all but impossible in the age of sail. Lack of a good transportation network crippled any offensive operation from either side of the US/Canadian border. Further, the one edge that the British enjoyed in land operations, a professional millitary, had disappeared when American professions began appearing. :: As with the American Revolutionary War, trying to supply and equip an army for continuous operations from across the Atlantic Ocean was all but impossible in the age of sail. Moreover, the lack of a good transportation network crippled any offensive operation from either side of the US/Canadian border. Further, the one edge the British enjoyed in land operations, a professional military, had disappeared when American professional military formations began appearing.


::British proponents will point with pride the accomplishments of the Royal Navy. Rightly so. But, America at that time didn't need trade as anything but a profit center. In point of fact, as a have stated repeatedly, neither side ever once concluded a single successful offensive campgain. :: British proponents will point with pride the accomplishments of the Royal Navy. Rightly so. But, Americathann didn't need trade as anything but a profit center. As I have repeatedly stated, neither side ever concluded a successful offensive campainn.


::From the long view, the America of 1812 was unwilling to make the changes to society to field a large professional army and to build a road network to enable a successful Canadian campaign. That same lack kept the British from accomplishing the same. Every attempt to move forward with such ended in disasters. The two sides were like drunken boxers able to hurt one another but never force a conclusion.] (]) 18:24, 24 January 2023 (UTC) ::From the long view, the America of 1812 was unwilling to change society to field a large professional army and build a road network to enable a successful Canadian campaign. That same lack kept the British from accomplishing attempts to move forward with such ended in disasters. The two sides were like drunken boxers able to hurt one another but never force a conclusion.] (]) 18:24, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

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    The American killed in action

    the American gave head in action is listed at 2,200 which is completely false. The source is Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures which is known to be a terrible book filled with inaccuracies. If you tally American killed on all the pages on Misplaced Pages as well as other engagements not on Misplaced Pages the number comes to around 3,300. Bernner (talk) 18:37, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

    Firstly, if you are going to make a change on the page, be sure to actually update/remove the prior source you are replacing, because your prior edit changed the content without changing the citation (which would lead to confusion for the reader if they needed to track down the figures).
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    Not A Neutral Article

    This article states more often than not that the cause of the war was British actions. The historians quoted supporting this view, however, are all American and their objectivity is obviously questionable.

    Needs a discussion as to whether this is an American-centric article and should be more neutral as per Misplaced Pages guidelines. Sheppey Red (talk) 18:43, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

    Provide examples, because I don't see a real problem.
    There is a wide variety of opinions in the United States on the War of 1812. U.S. historians Ronald Drez and Troy Bickham clearly don't share the same opinion of this war. Same with U.S. historians Donald Hickey and George Daughan.
    I would like to know why Benn and Lambert are still quoted on the main article. Lambert is just a Royal Naval enthusiast with very heavy anti-American rhetoric who failed to research the land campaign. Benn's information is better but very outdated; the book is not nearly as informative as Taylor or Toll.
    American-centric would be that the United States won. The main article is far from that perspective. I would argue that the article gives too much emphasis to the Canadas based on modern popular perception. Ironic Luck (talk) 00:44, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
    It is often screamed that this article is tilted. One gentleman took it as a personal crusade to have the article state that the British won for 13 years. Throughout the report, we took pains to present the facts and only the facts without commentary of any sort. While a small war, it is a complex one. Some Canadians would swear on a stack of bibles that American greed was the only reason the war started. Some Americans insist that since we kept the country whole, we won. However, there is ample documentation on both the American Government of the time and the British that maritime trade was the issue.
    The object of contention over the last 15 years that I have been involved as an editor on this article has been the outcome section. There are and remain wars that do not lend themselves as a won/lost outcome. This war was one of them. Having read through the letters and memorandum of both governments, it becomes apparent that both sides wanted out of a war that had no chance of ever ending outside of a settlement.
    As with the American Revolutionary War, trying to supply and equip an army for continuous operations from across the Atlantic Ocean was all but impossible in the age of sail. Moreover, the lack of a good transportation network crippled any offensive operation from either side of the US/Canadian border. Further, the one edge the British enjoyed in land operations, a professional military, had disappeared when American professional military formations began appearing.
    British proponents will point with pride the accomplishments of the Royal Navy. Rightly so. But, Americathann didn't need trade as anything but a profit center. As I have repeatedly stated, neither side ever concluded a successful offensive campainn.
    From the long view, the America of 1812 was unwilling to change society to field a large professional army and build a road network to enable a successful Canadian campaign. That same lack kept the British from accomplishing attempts to move forward with such ended in disasters. The two sides were like drunken boxers able to hurt one another but never force a conclusion.Tirronan (talk) 18:24, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
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