To the shores of Tripoli
Subtitle: the birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines
By: A.B.C. Whipple.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: United States -- History -- Tripolitan War, 1801-1805.
Description: For centuries, four nations along the northern rim of Africa then known as the Barbary Coast had been terrorizing merchant shippers, capturing and looting their vessels and imprisoning their crews for ransom. With a vital lifeline of the infant United States threatened by the Barbary pirates, President Thomas Jefferson faced one of the first major challenges to U.S. foreign policy: He could continue trading arms for hostages with the Barbary Coast rulers or he could meet force with force.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-349) and index.
Map on lining papers.