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The end of Barbary terror : America's 1815 war against the pirates of North Africa /

When Barbary pirates captured an obscure Yankee sailing brig off the coast of North Africa in 1812, enslaving eleven American sailors, President James Madison first tried to settle the issue through diplomacy. But when these efforts failed, he sent the largest American naval force ever gathered to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leiner, Frederick C., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo