We have met the new Barbary pirates. And they are us. We fought twin wars against the original Barbary pirates in the early 1800s, only to become their look-a-like. On Dec. 10, the United States ...
Some Republican leaders have compared the war in Iraq with President Thomas Jefferson's historic confrontation with the Barbary pirates. But the whole story does not necessarily serve the Republican ...
Though often overlooked, the Barbary pirates played a huge role in U.S. and world history. Did you know that the United States’ first foreign war was with pirates? After the U.S. declared independence ...
The War of 1812 interrupted American policing of the Mediterranean, but it was resumed when the war was over. Finally, in 1815, a series of treaties ended forever the payment of tribute by the United ...
As a fan of The Editors podcast, my ears perked up in the last episode’s tussle between Rich Lowry and Charlie Cooke over the U.S. strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. I had argued on ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES. By Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. Sentinel. 238 pages. $27.95. Brian Kilmeade’s and Don Yaeger’s “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates” dramatically ...
Jerry Hirsch is a reporter in The Times' Business section. Earlier this week, sharpshooters on the fantail of the U.S. Navy destroyer Bainbridge picked off three pirates with single bullets to the ...
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