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To Fix a National Character: The United States in the First Barbary War, 1800-1805

By Abigail G. Mullen
Hardcover
$54.95
By Abigail G. Mullen
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A new history of the First Barbary War, a conflict that helped plant the seeds for the United States' ascent to a global superpower.

Winner of the John Lyman Book Award by the North American Society for Oceanic History

After the American Revolution, maritime traders of the United States lost the protection of Britain's navy, leading privateers from the Barbary States—Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, and the Sultanate of Morocco—to prey on American shipping in the Mediterranean, kidnapping and enslavi...

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HistoryUnited States History19th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous19th Century American History - General and Miscellaneous