There are many valuable sources on this subject, most notably the growing level of on-line archive to original source materials.
An excellent site focusing onthe miltiary aspects of the war Library of Congress, Congressional Documents and Debates http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html Miller Center for Pubic Affairs, University of Virginia http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/jefferson/essays/biography/5 US Army Center of Military History http://www.history.army.mil/books/AMH/AMH-06.htm Wall Street Journal Survey of Presidents http://www.opinionjournal.com/hail/rankings.html Early American Wars http://www.uswars.net/index.htm Wall Street Journal Survey of Presidents http://www.opinionjournal.com/hail/rankings.html Worst Presidential decsions http://louisville.edu/mcconnellcenter/news/presidentialmoments/results.html |