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Author : Joshua London
Release : 2005-08-26
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Victory in Tripoli by : Joshua London
Download or read book Victory in Tripoli written by Joshua London. This book was released on 2005-08-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jefferson, and the terrorists were the Barbary pirates of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.
Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Release : 2014-06-06
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Wars of the Barbary Pirates by : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Download or read book The Wars of the Barbary Pirates written by Gregory Fremont-Barnes. This book was released on 2014-06-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wars against the Barbary pirates not only signaled the determination of the United States to throw off its tributary status, liberate its citizens from slavery in North Africa, and reassert its right to trade freely upon the seas: they enabled America to regain its sense of national dignity. The wars also served as a catalyst for the development of a navy with which America could project its newly acquired power thousands of miles away. By the time the fighting was over the young republic bore the unmistakable marks of a nation destined to play a major role in international affairs.
Author : Brian Kilmeade
Release : 2016-10-18
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates by : Brian Kilmeade
Download or read book Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates written by Brian Kilmeade. This book was released on 2016-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America was deeply in debt, with its economy and dignity under attack. Pirates from North Africa’s Barbary Coast routinely captured American merchant ships and held the sailors as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford. For fifteen years, America had tried to work with the four Muslim powers (Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco) driving the piracy, but negotiation proved impossible. Realizing it was time to stand up to the intimidation, Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy and Marines to blockade Tripoli—launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America’s journey toward future superpower status. Few today remember these men and other heroes who inspired the Marine Corps hymn: “From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli, we fight our country’s battles in the air, on land and sea.” Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates recaptures this forgotten war that changed American history with a real-life drama of intrigue, bravery, and battle on the high seas.
Author : Joshua E. London
Release : 2006
Genre : Jihad
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Book Synopsis Victory in Tripoli by : Joshua E. London
Download or read book Victory in Tripoli written by Joshua E. London. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Lambert
Release : 2007-01-09
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Barbary Wars by : Frank Lambert
Download or read book The Barbary Wars written by Frank Lambert. This book was released on 2007-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean runs through the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; the adoption of the Constitution; the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812; the construction of a full-time professional navy; and, most important, the nation's haltering steps toward commercial independence. Frank Lambert's genius is to see in the Barbary Wars the ideal means of capturing the new nation's shaky emergence in the complex context of the Atlantic world. Depicting a time when Britain ruled the seas and France most of Europe, The Barbary Wars proves America's earliest conflict with the Arabic world was always a struggle for economic advantage rather than any clash of cultures or religions.
