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To the walls of Derne : William Eaton, the Tripoli Coup and the end of the First Barbary War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reid, Chipp (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Eaton, William, > 1764-1811.
Yūsuf Bāshā al-Qaramānlī, > Ruler of Tripoli, > -1838.
United States > History > Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 > Biography.
United States > History > Tripolitan War, 1801-1805 > Campaigns.
Darnah (Libya) > History, Military > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Shores of Tripoli
  • The general
  • Brotherly love
  • "To chastise the bashaw"
  • Dungeons and diplomacy
  • Gathering storm
  • Planning stage
  • Washington insider
  • Backroom politics
  • Plans in motion
  • Into Egypt
  • Waiting game
  • Fears of the unknown
  • A few good men
  • An army grows in the desert
  • The road to Derne
  • Marches, mutinies, and U.S. Marines
  • Battles for Derne
  • Duplicity and deals
  • A sad truth
  • Epilogue.