The Barbary Wars: American Independence in the Atlantic World

Traces the history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean and North Africa, the construction of a full-time professional Navy during the early Republic, the nation's gradual move toward commercial independence, and the Barbary Wars, arguing that America's earliest confl [...]
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Traces the history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean and North Africa, the construction of a full-time professional Navy during the early Republic, the nation's gradual move toward commercial independence, and the Barbary Wars, arguing that America's earliest conflict with the Arab world represented a struggle for economic advantage. Reprint.