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The book never bogs down and gives you the facts that read like a novel

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Grief way back then but the sultans of morocco and the other barbary states were notorious for taking u

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Navy put some marines on them and sent them over to persuade these sultans that this was no longer a profitable venture

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Hung on every word of this audiobook

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I cannot remember the last time i was so amazed educated and infuriated over the contents of a book

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As a former teacher among other things i regret that i hadnt read this book when i was still teaching

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In high school history books the barbary wars get about 2 sentences

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And foreshadowing a lot of later diplomatic mishaps the us government after an initial victory in tripoli inspiration for marine corp hymn line “to the shores of tripoli” the us sued for peace with yusuf karamanli and left hamet hanging in the wind