Very quick read that focuses on the small part of the War of 1812 involving Andrew Jackson's move to the southern city of New Orleans, including his forays to Pensacola and Mobile. Kilmeade also discusses the problems that Jackson's army had with being supplied and that Jackson had in keeping his army together. What is remarkable is how quickly Jackson was able to endear himself with those around him and how he was able to cobble together such a diverse fighting force, using a deft hand to mold them into a fighting force. Kilmeade describes how Jackson fought a very surprising preemptive strike, the role that luck played, how the British overestimated their ability in the bayou and underestimated the desire of the men to defend their homes and Jackson's ability to command. While there isn't the amount of minor detail that something that is used in a scholarly setting would have, Kilmeade does a fine job of painting the broad strokes that show how the American Army, one that was very poorly supplied and trained, was able to soundly defeat what was then the greatest military power on the planet, with the final estimates being somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 casualties for the British and a mere twelve for the United States.