The Barbary Wars
American Independence in the Atlantic World
Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · January 9, 2007
Frank Lambert details America's nineteenth-century conflicts in the Middle East in The Barbary Wars.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in early U.S. conflicts and political history
- Themes
- Early U.S. foreign conflicts, Commercial independence, Economic competition
- Genres
- Naval History, Maritime History & Piracy, 19th-Century America
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Frank Lambert details America's nineteenth-century conflicts in the Middle East in The Barbary Wars. The history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean runs through the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; the adoption of the Constitution; the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812; the construction of a full-time professional navy; and, most important, the nation's haltering steps toward commercial independence.
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Frank Lambert's genius is to see in the Barbary Wars the ideal means of capturing the new nation's shaky emergence in the complex context of the Atlantic world. Depicting a time when Britain ruled the seas and France most of Europe, The Barbary Wars proves America's earliest conflict with the Arabic world was always a struggle for economic advantage rather than any clash of cultures or religions.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in early U.S. conflicts and political history
- Readers interested in Atlantic trade and American commercial independence
Where it sits
| Maritime History & Piracy | 63% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century America | 35% |
| Naval History | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Naval History
- 19th-Century America
- Maritime History & Piracy
- Authors
- Frank Lambert
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- January 9, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Early U.S. foreign conflicts · Commercial independence · Economic competition
- Reading lane
- Naval History