Wars of the Barbary Pirates

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The paper reviews Gregory Fremont-Barnes' "Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the Shores of Tripoli, the Birth of the US Navy and Marines" and identifies the main theses of the work. The paper then offers a brief look at the author, a summary of the work and an analysis of the book's theses.

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Main Theses
About the Author
Book Summary
Analysis of Theses
Conclusions

From the Paper:

""Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the Shores of Tripoli, the Birth of the US Navy and Marines" commences with an introductory part that basically summarizes the entire content of the book. The reader is able to get a general idea from the introduction, create a basis and make it as such easier to understand the book as it continues. Fremont-Barnes then continues with a chronological presentation of the events that preceded and followed the Tripoli War. He then goes on by presenting the historical origins of the arising conflict, in the background of the features which characterized the environment at the time. The following eight pages contain information on the parties involved, with emphasis on the American and Barbary personalities."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gregory Fremont-Barnes, "Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the Shores of Tripoli, the Birth of the US Navy and Marines", Osprey Pub Co, November 2006
• Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the Shores of Tripoli, the Birth of the US Navy and Marines, Random House, http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781846030307, last accessed on October 1, 2008

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