Wars of the Barbary Pirates

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. Book jacket.

Gregory Fremont-Barnes holds degrees in history from the University of California, Berkeley (BA), the University of Chicago (MA) and the University of Oxford (D. Phil.). From 1993 to 2002 he lectured in British and American history in Japan, principally at Kobe University. He is the author of The French Revolutionary Wars (2001), The Peninsular War (2002), and The Fall of the French Empire, 1813-1815 (2002). He is currently co-editing a four-volume Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War. The author lives in Oxford, UK.

Introduction	p. 7
Chronology	p. 13
Background to war: Historical origins	p. 16
Warring sides: Opposing forces	p. 24
Outbreak: Extortion on a grand scale	p. 32
The fighting: To the shores of Tripoli	p. 39
Portrait of a sailor: Commodore Stephen Decatur, United States Navy	p. 63
The world around war: Lewis and Clark explore the American West, 1804-06	p. 67
Portrait of a civilian: John Foss: white slave in Algiers	p. 72
How the wars ended: The Algerine Wars (1815-16) and the French expedition to North Africa (1830)	p. 76
Conclusion and consequences: The Barbary Wars in perspective	p. 88
Further reading	p. 91
Index	p. 94
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