Dawn Like Thunder: The Barbary Wars and the Birth of the U.S. Navy
Year: 2020 Language: english Author: Glenn Tucker Genre: Naval Military History Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 474 Description: In the early 1800s, American ships off the coast of North Africa routinely found themselves the targets of Muslim pirates. These sea raiders, or ‘corsairs’ as they were known, sought captives to enslave in the Ottoman Empire’s galleys, mines and harems. When reports circulated of white Christians being shackled to oars, smashing rocks in mines and being sold into sexual slavery, the American public became incensed. The leaders of the young republic were forced to act and with remarkable dexterity built a fleet of ships that grew into a fighting force powerful enough to withstand its first major test: The Barbary Wars. The book details the struggle of American ships such as the USS Constitution and Constellation against the pirates and Muslim warlords of the Mediterranean and North Africa in what would become known as the Barbary Wars. In addition, the ongoing political battles to obtain funding for the Navy and the construction of needed ships are described.
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Dawn Like Thunder: The Barbary Wars and the Birth of the U.S. Navy
Language: english
Author: Glenn Tucker
Genre: Naval Military History
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 474
Description: In the early 1800s, American ships off the coast of North Africa routinely found themselves the targets of Muslim pirates. These sea raiders, or ‘corsairs’ as they were known, sought captives to enslave in the Ottoman Empire’s galleys, mines and harems. When reports circulated of white Christians being shackled to oars, smashing rocks in mines and being sold into sexual slavery, the American public became incensed. The leaders of the young republic were forced to act and with remarkable dexterity built a fleet of ships that grew into a fighting force powerful enough to withstand its first major test: The Barbary Wars.
The book details the struggle of American ships such as the USS Constitution and Constellation against the pirates and Muslim warlords of the Mediterranean and North Africa in what would become known as the Barbary Wars. In addition, the ongoing political battles to obtain funding for the Navy and the construction of needed ships are described.
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