Andrew Jackson

ROBERT V. REMINI won the National Book Award for the third volume of his definitive biography of Andrew Jackson and is the author of biographies of Henry Clay and Daniel Webster and others. He is professor of history emeritus and research professor of humanities emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. Remini is the official historian at the House of Representatives. He lives in Wilmette, IL. GENERAL WESLEY K. CLARK was NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is author of A Time to Lead, as well as the best selling books Waging Modern War and Winning Modern Wars. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.

'Remini, the prize-winning author of a multivolume biography of Jackson, proves a good choice for Palgrave's "Great Generals" study of Jackson from a military perspective...[A] fine introduction based on years of advanced knowledge on the subject, distilled by Remini into a very good read...General Clark's foreword offers a concise preview that effectively connects the book with the other books in this series. For a good story, a clear understanding of a formative - and controversial - figure in American history, this volume is strongly recommended.' - Library Journal 'Robert Remini, the greatest Jackson scholar alive, offers a long-overdue reevaluation of Jackson's military career. Writing with customary brio, Remini brings to life Jackson's battles and wars, but goes further to enlarge Jackson's reputation as a strategist and tactician, and to suggest how those skills aided him in his later political career. Here is a fine addition to what is turning into an excellent series of military biographies.' - Sean Wilentz, Princeton University, award-winning author of The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln 'Andrew Jackson's preeminent biographer has written a compelling narrative of Jackson's remarkable military career, judiciously sown with telling anecdotes that bring him to life. Jackson's iron will and genius for leadership leap from the pages.' - Joseph Wheelan, author of Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Career 'This Andrew Jackson biography is as exciting as it is important, and shows how a very complex military was molded from frontier clay during America's formative years.' - Donald A. Davis, bestselling author of Shooter and Kill Zone 'In prose that is characteristically clear and often stirring, America's foremost expert on Andrew Jackson and his time sheds new light on an as yet unexplored side of Old Hickory - the relentless military man.' - Alan Pell Crawford, author of Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson 'When it comes to Jackson...there are few who have such a masterly command of the sources as Mr. Remini [who] kept me up late at night reading and causing me to wonder why, with narrative history such as this, anyone bothers to read historical novels.' - Roger D. McGrath, The Wall Street Journal 'Robert Remini, the dean of historians of Andrew Jackson, has done it again. In this vivid, insightful, and illuminating study of Jackson the general, Remini paints a revealing portrait of Jackson in the field. This is an essential book for anyone interested in one of the greatest and most controversial military leaders in American history. And on top of all that, it is a sprightly, entertaining read.' - Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek

• Foreword - General Wesley K. Clark Introduction The Indian Fighter The Creek War The Battle of New Orleans The First Seminole War The End of Military Service The Military Legacy