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Book Review of The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805

The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, The First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
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To understand America's involvement in the Arab world you need to know the amazing tale-filled with lessons for today-of how it began 200 years ago. Richard Zacks has produced a brilliant account of our first covert action overseas and of the great struggle between Thomas Jefferson and the colorful adventurer William Eaton who pulled it off.