The Pig War: The United States, Britain, and the Balance of Power in the Pacific Northwest, 1846-1872

By Scott Kaufman

Very few people have heard of the 'Pig War, ' since this episode in American history was overshadowed by the U.S. Civil War and the beginning of mass immigration from Europe. Yet this diplomatic conflict between the United States and Great Britain, resulting from the shooting of a single pig, lasted more than twenty years, and greatly impacted the relationship between the two nations. Scott Kaufman carefully examines, and places into both an American and an international context, the origins and the resolution of this tense stand-off over contested colonial territory. This history sheds new light on the emergence of the United States as an international superpower.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739107291
• ISBN13: 9780739107294
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"