War of 1812, Causes/Bibliography

for a comprehensive bibliography see War of 1812 -- Bibliography
 * Benn, Carl. The War of 1812 (2003). short survey with British perspective online edition
 * Brown, Roger H. The Republic in Peril: 1812 (1964). on American politics online edition
 * Burt, Alfred L. The United States, Great Britain, and British North America from the Revolution to the Establishment of Peace after the War of 1812. online edition
 * Goodman, Warren H. "The Origins of the War of 1812: A Survey of Changing Interpretations," Mississippi Valley Historical Review, XXVIII (September, 1941), 171-86. in JSTOR
 * Heidler, Donald & J, (eds) Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 (2004) articles by 70 scholars from several countries
 * Hickey, Donald. The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict. University of Illinois Press, 1989. ISBN 0-252-06059-8, by leading American scholar
 * Hickey, Donald R. Don't Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812. (2006) ISBN 0-252-03179-2
 * Horsman, Reginald. The Causes of the War of 1812 (1962). online edition
 * Lawrence S. Kaplan. "France and Madison's Decision for War 1812," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 50, No. 4. (Mar., 1964), pp. 652-671. in JSTOR
 * Perkins, Bradford. (1962). The Causes of the War of 1812. short survey
 * Perkins, Bradford. Prologue to War: England and the United States, 1805-1812. (1961). detailed diplomatic history by American scholar
 * Pratt, Julius W. A History of United States Foreign Policy (1955)
 * Pratt, Julius W. Expansionists of 1812 (1925b.)
 * Pratt, Julius W. "Western War Aims in the War of 1812," Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 12 (June, 1925), 36-50. in JSTOR
 * Risjord, Norman K. "1812: Conservatives, War Hawks, and the Nation's Honor," William and Mary Quarterly, 18 (April, 1961), 196-210. in JSTOR
 * Marshall Smelser. The Democratic Republic 1801-1815 (1968) general survey of US politics & diplomacy
 * Stagg, John C. A. Mr. Madison's War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American republic, 1783-1830. (1983), major overview (by New Zealand scholar)
 * Stagg, J. C. A. "James Madison and the 'Malcontents': The Political Origins of the War of 1812," William and Mary Quarterly (Oct., 1976) in JSTOR
 * J.C.A. Stagg, "James Madison and the Coercion of Great Britain: Canada, the West Indies, and the War of 1812," in The William and Mary Quarterly(Jan., 1981) [in JSTOR
 * Taylor, George Rogers, ed. The War of 1812: Past Justifications and Present Interpretations (1963) online edition