Henry Adams: The Myth of Failure by William Dusinberre

In this fascinating, slender volume, Dusinberre tells us something which anyone interested in naval and military history of the United States should know:

The chapters on the War of 1812, separately reprinted in 1944 for use in educating United States Army officers, remain the basis for most secondary works on the military history of the period.

This separate reprint is titled Henry Adams: The War of 1812, edited by Major H.A.  De Weerd (Washington, D. C.) 1944).