The Aftermath of the Wars Against the Barbary Pirates

by Brendan January

'I know that nothing will stop the eternal increase from these pirates but the presence of an armed force.'' When U.S. president Thomas Jefferson wrote these words, pirates from the Barbary Coast had been attacking U.S. merchant ships for almost ten years. the United States was ready to fight and dispatched its new navy to confront the pirates. It was the first time the young nation had confronted an overseas enemy, the first use of covert military...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822590948
• ISBN13: 9780822590941
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12