Summary and Analysis of Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History: Based on the Book by Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger

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In 1785, US merchant ships that sailed the Mediterranean Sea began to face an unexpected threat: pirates from the North African coast. American sailors were subjected to pillage and enslavement while their government tried to negotiate tributes and ransom prices with the Islamic rulers of the Barbary nations. As the Barbary conflict intensified, Thomas Jefferson saw that negotiations could only proceed if the United States showed its military strength through a naval presence and the use of force in the Mediterranean. Jefferson committed himself to this cause as he rose to the position of secretary of state and later, president of the United States.
 
In Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History, authors Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger trace the exciting tale of how these kidnappings led to the First Barbary War, what transpired between the warring nations, and how Thomas Jefferson’s decisions helped shape US policy today.
 
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Mar 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9781504044301

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Summary and Analysis of

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates

The Forgotten War that Changed American History

Based on the Book by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

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Contents

Context

Overview

Summary

Timeline

Cast of Characters

Direct Quotes and Analysis

Trivia

What’s That Word?

Critical Response

About Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

For Your Information

Bibliography

Copyright

Context

It’s easy to understand why Brian Kilmeade cites the story of the Tripoli pirates as one of his favorites, and why his book, written with Don Yaeger, has become a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly bestseller: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates is an action-filled account of land and sea battles, exiled kings, fiery ships, captured sailors, and more, as it recounts the events of the First Barbary War.

After the Revolutionary War, the United States was a young nation still trying to establish its identity and reputation around the world. America found itself at peace until 1785, when pirates off the coast of North Africa began capturing US merchant ships and taking their crews back to the Barbary nations as slaves. The Mediterranean sat in the midst of the Ottoman Empire, and American merchants depended on doing commerce with the nations along the coast; but the tributes demanded by the Muslim nations to ensure the safety of US ships were exploitative and liable to increase without warning. During their successive presidencies, John