Introduction / Pietro S. Nivola and Peter J. Kastor -- "Party war" of 1812 : yesterday's lessons for today's partisan politics / Pietro S. Nivola -- The War of 1812 and the rise of American military power / Stephen Budiansky -- Dual nationalisms : legacies of the war of 1812 / Alan Taylor -- James Madison, presidential power, and civil liberties in the War of 1812 / Benjamin Wittes and Ritika Singh -- The war over federalism : the constitutional battles in the War of 1812 / Peter J. Kastor