Tripolitan War
Americannoun
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As Jefferson’s secretary of state, he oversaw the Tripolitan War from 1801 to 1805.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2011
Author Roberts finally pins Lear to the mat as one of the culprits in our "disgraceful as well as heroic" Tripolitan War.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their opposition to it was prompt, and Italy attempted by the Tripolitan War to rob the Turk of one of his distant provinces.
From World's War Events, Vol. I by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
The Tripolitan War seems to have inspired him with a single fixed idea—that for defensive purposes gunboats were superior to frigates and less costly.
From Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty by Johnson, Allen
Navy of the United States, in 1798-99, 101; under Jefferson, 133; in Tripolitan War, 144-45; in the War of 1812, 212-30, passim.
From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen
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