Jefferson's War
Subtitle: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: August 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780786714049
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Political structure & processes; United States - 19th Century; U.S. Constitutional History; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; United States - Antebellum Era; Military - Other; Military - United States; History / United States / 19th Century; 1743-1826; Jefferson, Thomas,; Tripolitan War, 1801-1805; United States
First sentence: Nothing in Thomas Jefferson's inauguration speech March 4 had foreshadowed his decision to embark the United States on its first war on foreign soil, in Moslem Northwest Africa.