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100	1		_aKilmeade, Brian
245	1	0	_aThomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates : _bthe forgotten war that changed American history / _cBrian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger.
260			_aNew York, New York : _bSentinel, _c[2015]
300			_axvi, 238 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm
500			_aMaps on lining papers.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPrologue: Unprepared and unprotected -- Americans abroad -- Secretary Jefferson -- The humiliation of the USS George Washington -- Jefferson takes charge -- A flagpole falls -- The first flotilla -- Skirmish at sea -- Patience wears thin -- The doldrums of summer -- The omens of October -- The Philadelphia disaster -- By the cover of darkness -- The Battle of Tripoli -- Opening a new front -- Win the desert or die in the desert -- Endgame -- Fair winds and following seas.
520			_aThis is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford. Over the previous fifteen years, as a diplomat and then as secretary of state, Jefferson had tried to work with the Barbary states (Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco). Unfortunately, he found it impossible to negotiate with people who believed their religion justified the plunder and enslavement of non-Muslims. These rogue states would show no mercy -- at least not while easy money could be made by extorting America, France, England, and other powers. So President Jefferson decided to move beyond diplomacy. He sent the U.S. Navy's new warships and a detachment of marines to blockade Tripoli -- launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America's journey toward future superpower status.
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Thomas, _d1743-1826.
650		0	_aPirates _zMediterranean Region _xHistory _y19th century.
650		4	_aPiratas _zRegión Mediterránea _xHistoria _ySiglo XIX.
650		0	_aPirates _zAfrica, North _xHistory _y19th century.
650		4	_aPiratas _zAfrica del Norte _xHistoria _ySiglo XIX.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yTripolitan War, 1801-1805.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xHistoria _yGuerra de Tripoli, 1801-1805.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yTripolitan War, 1801-1805 _xNaval operations.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xHistoria _yGuerra de Tripoli, 1801-1805 _xOperaciones navales.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yTripolitan War, 1801-1805 _xUnderground movements.
651		0	_aAfrica, North _xHistory, Naval _y19th century.
651		4	_aAfrica del Norte _xHistoria naval _ySiglo XIX.
651		0	_aMediterranean Region _xHistory, Naval _y19th century _vJuvenile literature.
651		4	_aRegión Mediterránea _xHistoria naval _ySiglo XIX.
700	1		_aYaeger, Don
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