The Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the Shores of Tripoli: The Rise of the US Navy and Marines

by Gregory Fremont-Barnes

Book Overview

The Barbary War - the first American war against Libya - was the first war waged by the United States outside national boundaries after gaining independence and unification of the country. The four Barbary States of North Africa - Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli - had plundered seaborne commerce for centuries. This was piracy on an extraordinary scale: they controlled all trading routes through the Barbary waters and North Africa: demanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846030307
• ISBN13: 9781846030307
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.8"