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title: "Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805"
brand: "joseph wheelan"
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# Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805

**Brand:** joseph wheelan
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- **What is this?** Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror 1801-1805 by joseph wheelan
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## Customer Reviews

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    Readable account of America trying (literally) to get its sea legs
  

*by M***G on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2005*

Joseph Wheelan tackles the story of America fighting (occasionally) a war in the early 19th Century against Tripoli for its habit of attacking U.S. shipping in the Mediterranean, taking the ships for its own, and making slaves out of the crews - your basic piracy.The writing itself is fairly average, but the book is worth reading for a couple of reasons.  First, it's fascinating to focus in on a time when the U.S. was not the biggest kid on the block and didn't have its military house in order.  Two thirds of the time, there was little to nothing you could point to with pride as an American.  Three of the four U.S. Naval commanders over the course of the war seemed to take the assignment more as an Italian holiday than as a war.Second, it's wonderful to learn about the individuals who did step up and begin to form the framework of a Navy that would hold its own quite admirably just a few years later against the British Navy in the War of 1812.  The historic gems in the book are great, too.  The 14 towns of Decatur in the U.S. are named after a naval hero from this war and the first ever U.S. military force to land on foreign soil did so in this war (Shores of Tripoli ring any bells?).Overall, this one is worth a read for any fan of history.

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    Standing up to pirates
  

*by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 15, 2005*

Wheelan is a journalist who has written a "popular" history of the US war against the Barbary Pirates in the early 19th century.  It is a straightforward, non-Academic narrative history that provides context and describes the war against, primarily, Tripoli.  He points out that after the Europeans had spent hundreds of years bribing and placating these north African Muslims, the US refused to play the game.  At first, due to a lack of resources and the fact that the US was a confederation with a powerless central government, it had to pay tribute.  However, after the central government was given the right to levy taxes, one of the first things it did was raise a Navy, and the primary threat was the Barbary Coast.  One of Jefferson's first actions as president was to send the Navy in harms way.  Although the first two Navy commanders were too timid for the mission, Preeble put teeth to the threat.  Later, an overland expedition led by former Army officer William Eaton drove Tripoli to sue for peace.  Of note are the similarities between the way today's Islamic terrorists behave when compared to the Islamic pirates of the time.

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    Some great history to be found here
  

*by C***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 17, 2022*

Shines a light on a very interesting but forgotten conflict in early US history. Used copy arrived in condition advertised

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