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050 00 $aE335$b.K55 2015
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100 1 $aKilmeade, Brian,$eauthor.
245 10 $aThomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates :$bthe forgotten war that changed American history /$cBrian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger.
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bSentinel,$c[2015]
300 $axvi, 238 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aUnprepared and unprotected -- Americans abroad -- Secretary Jefferson -- The humiliation of the USS George Washington -- Jefferson takes charge -- A flagpole falls -- The first flotilla -- Skirmish at sea -- Patience wears thin -- The doldrums of summer -- The omens of October -- The Philadelphia disaster -- By the cover of darkness -- The battle of Tripoli -- Opening a new front -- Win the desert or die in the desert -- Endgame -- Fair winds and following seas.
520 $aThis is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford. Over the previous fifteen years, as a diplomat and then as secretary of state, Jefferson had tried to work with the Barbary states (Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco). Unfortunately, he found it impossible to negotiate with people who believed their religion justified the plunder and enslavement of non-Muslims. These rogue states would show no mercy--at least not while easy money could be made by extorting America, France, England, and other powers. So President Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy's new warships and a detachment of marines to blockade Tripoli--launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America's journey toward future superpower status.
600 10 $aJefferson, Thomas,$d1743-1826.
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611 27 $aTripolitan War (United States : 1801-1805)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01355170
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yTripolitan War, 1801-1805.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yTripolitan War, 1801-1805$xNaval operations.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yTripolitan War, 1801-1805$xUnderground movements.
650 0 $aPirates$zAfrica, North$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPirates$zMediterranean Region$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aAfrica, North$xHistory, Naval$y19th century.
651 0 $aMediterranean Region$xHistory, Naval$y19th century$vJuvenile literature.
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648 7 $a1800 - 1899$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 $aYaeger, Don,$eauthor.
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