To the Shores of Tripoli: The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines - Hardcover

Whipple, A. B. C.

 
9780688087814: To the Shores of Tripoli: The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines

Synopsis

Recounts the war against the Barbary states during the Jefferson administration, which led to the establishment of the Navy and Marine Corps, which previously had not been though necessary

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About the Author

<strong>Addison Beecher Colvin Whipple</strong> (born 1918) is a historian and author who has written largely about oceanic subjects since the mid-1950s. He was an executive editor at Time-Life Books, and worked as a reporter for <em>Life</em> during the 1950s.

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9781557509666: To the Shores of Tripoli (Bluejacket Books): The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines

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ISBN 10:  1557509662 ISBN 13:  9781557509666
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 2001
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