Two centuries after the Barbary Wars, America is once again fighting a war overseas to protect its shipping, as well as that ...

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Backed by manpower and materiel from the Kingdom of Naples, America went to war against the Barbary states. By 1805, a series of American naval victories culminated in the Battle of Derna ...

As a result, in 1801, President Thomas Jefferson, elected the previous year, determined to no longer coddle the Barbary rulers. Backed by manpower and materiel from the Kingdom of Naples, America went ...