Dennis Byrne brings  America's most botched, yet critically important, war to life through fiction. Publication set for mid-2012 by Tate Publishing

In 2012, America will celebrate the bicentennial of what may be the country's most poorly conceived and executed war. While America’s most unheralded war, it also is one of America’s most important wars. For the first time, the citizens of the states began to see themselves as a unified nation, as Americans. A defeat could well have spelled the end of the United States of America as we know it.

In Madness: The War of 1812, author Dennis Byrne sketches how, less than a generation after creating the United States of America, the country took on the world's most powerful nation and ended up fighting for its very survival. Experience the war through the men and women who fought it, on the front lines and home front. The book's introduction and sample chapters can be read on this site. 

This site spotlights all things The War of 1812, including news, events, updates on celebrations, essays and observations. Please share your thoughts with me: dennis@dennisbyrne.net