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Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation
ISBN: 978-0-471-44415-2
Hardcover
288 pages
August 2005
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Acknowledgments.

Introduction: 'Will Nothing Rouse My Country!"

1. Barbary Piracy.

2. Ensnared in Barbary.

3. Eaton Enters Barbary.

4. The Trials and Tribulations of a U.S. Consul.

5. American Declares War.

6. American Might, Frustrated.

7. Slouching toward Failure.

8. The Philadelphia Disaster.

9. American Gunboat Diplomacy.

10. General Eaton's Advance.

11. To the Shores of Tripoli.

12. American Peace.

13. The Lessons of War.

Bibliography.

Photo Credits.

Index.