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The end of Barbary terror : America's 1815 war against the pirates of North Africa
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The end of Barbary terror : America's 1815 war against the pirates of North Africa

Author: Frederick C Leiner
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Frederick C Leiner
ISBN: 0195189949 9780195189940
OCLC Number: 61758540
Description: vii, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: The 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.
Responsibility: by Frederick C. Leiner.
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