The wars of the Barbary pirates
Subtitle: to the shores of Tripoli : the rise of the US Navy and Marines
By: Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Series: Essential histories -- 66; Essential histories (Osprey Publishing) -- 66
Publisher: Osprey Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781472895752; 9781472810298
Subjects: History; Pirates; Naval operations; Naval History; United States. Navy
Description: "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [91]-93) and index.

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