Jefferson's war : America's first war on terror, 1801-1805 / Joseph Wheelan.
Record details
- ISBN: 0786714042
- ISBN: 9780786714049
- Physical Description: xxx, 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf trade pbk. edition
- Publisher: New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers ; 2004.
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-400) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The "pacifist" president -- The dreadful corsairs -- The new nation and barbary -- "A good occasion to build a navy" -- "Will nothing rouse my country?" -- War and early triumph -- The war that wasn't -- Frustration -- The Philadelphia disaster -- A daring counterstroke -- Preble's fighting squadron -- A destructive scheme -- Plotting a regime change -- America's Lawrence -- Derna and peace -- Aftermath -- Full circle.
