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050	1	4	_aE335 _b.K55 2015
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100	1		_aKilmeade, Brian, _eauthor. _93157
245	1	0	_aThomas Jefferson and the Tripoli pirates : the forgotten war that changed American history
300			_axvi, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index.
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. _97114
650		0	_aPirates _zAfrica, North _xHistory _y19th century. _916967
650		0	_aPirates _zMediterranean Region _xHistory _y19th century. _916968
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yTripolitan War, 1801-1805. _916969
700	1		_aYaeger, Don, _eauthor. _95137
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