Episode 223 - The First Barbary War

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America scrapes together the US Navy to go fight pirates on the other side of the world. They accomplish almost nothing and then go home. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Wheelan, Joseph (2003), Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror, 1801–1805 Zacks, Richard (2005), The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805 https://clements.umich.edu/exhibit/barbary-wars/first-barbary-war/ https://www.historynet.com/tripoli-pirates-foiled/

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