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100 1  Kilmeade, Brian,|eauthor. 
245 10 Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates :|bthe forgotten 
       war that changed American history /|cBrian Kilmeade and 
       Don Yaeger. 
246 30 Forgotten war that changed American history. 
264  1 New York, New York :|bSentinel,|c[2015] 
264  4 |c©2015. 
300    xvi, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color), map on endpapers ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent. 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia. 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    This 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 10 Jefferson, Thomas,|d1743-1826. 
650  0 Pirates|zAfrica, North|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Pirates|zMediterranean Region|xHistory|y19th century. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|yTripolitan War, 1801-1805. 
700 1  Yaeger, Don,|eauthor.