Anglo-American war and maritime geography

A hypothetical Anglo-American war would not be decided by a clean ten-versus-ten battle line. British fast ships could threaten maritime traffic beyond the protection of America's slow battleships. American resource self-sufficiency reduced the leverage of a distant blockade because the country held food, oil, steel, industrial capacity, population, and agricultural production within its borders. That resource depth made the United States unusually hard to starve into submission even though naval operations would still matter.