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Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the shores of Tripoli: the birth of the US Navy and Marines (Essential Histories)

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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 ransom and booty for safe passage.
In 1801 the newly elected President Jefferson ordered a naval and military expedition to North Africa in order to put down regimes that endorsed piracy and slavery. The Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States. Under the leadership of Commodores Richard Dale and Edward Preble, the US Navy blockaded the enemy coast and engaged in close, bitterly contested gunboat actions. On 16 February 1804 LT Stephen Decatur led 74 volunteers into Tripoli to burn the captured American frigate The Philadelphia. British Admiral Lord Nelson called the raid "the most daring act of the age". In 1805 Marines stormed the Barbary pirates' harbor fortress stronghold of Derna (Tripoli), commemorated in the Marine Corp Hymn invocation "To the Shores of Tripoli."
The US Navy troops were recalled before they could secure their gains, but returned after the War of 1812. Their success then won worldwide admiration for the Americans and their Navy. They marked the way for the European nations to finally quash the Barbary States and end the piracy.

This event marks the true birth of the US Navy and Marines and is ever remembered in the Marines' battle hymn.


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Binding: Paperback
Brand: Osprey Publishing
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.47
EAN: 9781846030307
ISBN: 1846030307
Label: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: 2006-11-28
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: 2006-11-28
Studio: Osprey Publishing


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• Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805
• Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy


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Summary: Ideological shortcomings
Comment: The author does a fine job covering details of the military conflicts that took place between the United States and the Islamic Barbary states. It was, in fact, the United States' first war on terror.

However, the author fails to connect the "pirates" making war on nations (i.e. the United States) who had done them no harm with the teachings of Islam to make war on the infidels, the unbelievers, in other words all non-Muslims. He also failed to mention the exchange between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who in 1786, went to negotiate with Tripoli's ambassador to England Sidi Haji Abdrahaman. When the two Americans asked him why they make war on countries who had done them no injury Abdrahaman replied, "It was written in the Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners, whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every Muslim who was slain in this warfare was sure to go to paradise." So he misses the Islamic influence and connection altogether.

President Obama, in his Cairo speech, referenced a quote from John Adams in 1796 that "the USA has in itself no enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims" he also ignored the quote from the Tripolitan ambassador. It isn't that we have enmity toward them but that they have perpetual enmity towards us, the unbelievers of Islam.

Also, on page 63 it states that Stephen Decatur was born January 5, 1799 when actually he was born in 1779.

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Summary: Barbary Pirates To the Shores of Tripoli
Comment: Thus far a good read and insight into the mentality of the pirates and leadership that still haunts that area of the world.

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Summary: The Wars of the Barbary Pirates.....
Comment: A current interest in the War of 1812 led me to this book by Gregory Fremont-Barnes, who holds a doctorate in history from Oxford University. The very long title for a relatively small book tells you exactly what to expect from it. Its 95 pages are so well presented, so succinct yet so full of information, that it is a pleasure to read. Illustrations on every page -- maps, reproductions of historical paintings and line drawings are indeed worth thousands of words. The two-column pages offer a journalistic feel -- that current news is being presented by top reporters.

A three-page chronology summarizes the contents of the book for those who want to find facts instantly. The Introduction is also all-encompassing -- it tells all that the book contains. A "Further Reading" list at the end leads readers and researchers to other sources on this fascinating subject. An index pinpoints all the events, people, places and shipping vessels found in the book.

I was seeking information on the USS Epervier, the ill-fated ship that was lost at sea returning to America from North Africa bearing the Treaty of Ghent which formalized the end of the War of 1812 between the British and the Americans. I also wanted information on Stephen Decatur and other prominent commodores and captains of US ships of that era. This book far exceeded my expectations. I am so very pleased that Google pointed me to it and Amazon.com had it in stock. I love this book, and recommend it without reservation to anyone wanting a palatible source of information on this pivotal period of our history that is so woefully lacking in below-college-level schools.

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Summary: The unmatched bravery of the Navy of a new republic
Comment: This is a terrific book about the long forgotten Naval war against the Islamic pirates of North Africa. It recalls our Navy's first heroes, particularly Stephen Decatur. It should remind everyone that the history of conflict between the civilized world and Islam goes back many centuries. The book documents conflicts between those who recognize the situation for what it is and seek to end it by force, and the diplomats who seek to appease the Barbary pirates. Not surprisingly, then as now, the Navalists were right. Altogether, this is a well-told, well-documented book about the conflict of civilized nations, with one of the world's longest running pathologies.

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