Julius W. Pratt, "Western Aims in the War of 1812." The Mississippi Valley Historical Review (1925): 36-50. in JSTOR
Norman K. Risjord, "1812: Conservatives, War Hawks and the Nation's Honor." William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History (1961): 196-210. in JSTOR
See also Jonathon Hooks, "Redeemed Honor: The President‐Little Belt Affair and the Coming of the War of 1812." Historian 74.1 (2012): 1-24 online.