America’s war against the Barbary pirates, our first war against terror and the nations that support it. The Barbary pirates, a Muslim enemy from Tripoli, attacked European and American merchant shipping with impunity. Jefferson ordered the U.S. Navy to Tripoli in 1801 to repel "force with force."
Chapter 1: THE “PACIFIST” PRESIDENT
Chapter 2: THE DREADFUL CORSAIRS
Chapter 3: THE NEW NATION AND BARBARY
Chapter 4: “A GOOD OCCASION TO BUILD A NAVY”
Chapter 5: “WILL NOTHING ROUSE MY COUNTRY?”
Chapter 6: WAR AND EARLY TRIUMPH
Chapter 7: THE WAR THAT WASN’T
Chapter 9: THE PHILADELPHIA DISASTER
Chapter 10: A DARING COUNTERSTROKE
Chapter 11: PREBLE’S FIGHTING SQUADRON
Chapter 12: A DESTRUCTIVE SCHEME
Chapter 13: PLOTTING A REGIME CHANGE
Chapter 14: AMERICA’S LAWRENCE