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The challenge: Britain against America in the naval war of 1812

机译:挑战:1812年海战中英国对美国

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As much as it concerns itself with the War of 1812, The challenge is about historiography. Lambert argues that our understanding of this conflict has been at best partial; certain elements emphasised and others ignored according to political context. The challenge addresses not so much a gap in the historiography, but the myth-making that has characterised many American interpretations of this conflict. This has led to the War of 1812 frequently being portrayed as an American victory; a conclusion that Lambert is very keen to challenge. Yet at the bicentenary of this conflict, he reflects that, 'At this remove it matters little who "won" the War of 1812, what matters is that we recognise the fluid, endlessly contested nature of the past as a cultural construction' (449).
机译:尽管它与1812年战争有关,但挑战在于史学。兰伯特认为,我们对这一冲突的理解至多是局部的。根据政治背景,某些要素被强调而其他要素被忽略。挑战不仅仅解决了史学方面的差距,而是许多美国对此冲突的解释所特有的神话传说。这导致1812年战争经常被描绘成美国的胜利。兰伯特非常想挑战的结论。然而,在这场冲突的两百周年纪念中,他反映出,“在这场罢工中,谁赢得了1812年战争并不重要,重要的是我们认识到过去作为文化建构的流畅,无休止的竞争性质”(449 )。

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