The end of Barbary terror : America's 1815 war against the pirates of North Africa / by Frederick C. Leiner.

Author Leiner, Frederick C., 1958-

ImprintNew York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Descriptionvii, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note: ContentThe odyssey of the Edwin -- At war with Algiers -- Fitting out the squadrons -- Mediterranean triumph -- Unfinished business -- The return -- The British bombardment and an "occular demonstration" -- Epilogue -- Appendices : 1. The Navy's April 15, 1815, order to Commodore Stephen Decatur -- 2. W.D. Robinson's May 9, 1815, memorandum to William Shaler -- 3. Treaty between the United States and the Dey of Algiers, June 30, 1815.

ISBN:0195189949 (alk. paper)

ISBN:9780195189940 (alk. paper)

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