10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIPOLI»
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tripoli in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tripoli and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Victory in
Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary ...
Anyone with even a passing interest in naval history, or U.S. history in general, should read this book." —Admiral William J. Crowe Jr., USN (Ret.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff "Victory in Tripoli deftly captures the ...
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Tripoli: First War with the United States
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
James Leander Cathcart, 2012
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Tripoli: The United States' First War on Terror
THE TRUE STORY OF WILLIAM EATON AND THE UNITED STATES’ FIRST ATTEMPT AT REGIME CHANGE April 27, 1805. The impasse in the four-year war between the Barbary pirate state of Tripoli and the United States is about to be broken.
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To the Shores of
Tripoli: The Birth of the U.S. Navy and Marines
As described by A.B.C. Whipple, it is a great yarn as well as first-rate history. The author skillfully combines vivid accounts of derring-do with shrewd appraisals of contemporary politics and diplomacy.
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The Wars of the Barbary Pirates: To the Shores of
Tripoli - ...
Om de nordafrikanske piraters hærgen i Middelhavet i 1700- og 1800 tallet, der bl.a. bevirkede, at USA sendte flådestyrker bemandet med marineinfanteri til Middelhavet for at bekæmpe piraterne.
Gregory Fremont-Barnes, 2006
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Decatur's Bold and Daring Act - The Philadelphia in
Tripoli 1804
This book recounts one of the greatest raids in American military history, an event that propelled Stephen Decatur to international renown, and which prompted Horatio Nelson to declare it 'the most bold and daring act of the age'.
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Horrors of Slavery, Or, the American Tars in
Tripoli
First published in 1808, Horrors of Slavery is the tale of a sailor, captured during the United States's first military encounter with the Islamic world, the Tripolitan War.
William Ray, Hester Blum, 2008
Living in Tripoli seemed to me like living in Arabian Nights. I was a modern day
Scheherazade, spinning my tales on paper as I wrote long letters home, posting
them twice a week, always with a promise of a new adventure in the next one.
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Securities against misrule and other constitutional writings ...
This is a collection of Bentham's essays, dating mainly from late 1822 and early 1823, concerning his attempts to draw up legislation for one Islamic state, and offer advice to another in the process of throwing off Islamic rule.
Jeremy Bentham, Philip Schofield, 1990
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With the Italians in
Tripoli
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRIPOLI»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tripoli is used in the context of the following news items.
Nine dead in attack on luxury Tripoli hotel
Gunmen stormed a hotel in Tripoli popular with diplomats and officials Tuesday in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group, killing at least nine people ... «Yahoo News, Jan 15»
Libyan militia storm US embassy in Tripoli
The United States embassy compound in the Libyan capital Tripoli has been raided by militiamen, but no Americans were present as the embassy was ... «Aljazeera.com, Aug 14»
Libya Islamist militias 'seize Tripoli airport'
Tripoli (AFP) - Islamist fighters in the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) coalition said on Saturday they have captured Tripoli's battered international airport after many ... «Yahoo News, Aug 14»
New Libyan Parliament Meets Far from Tripoli
Libya's newly elected parliament held its first session Monday in the eastern city of Tobruk — 1,500 kilometers from fighting in Tripoli between rival militias vying ... «Voice of America, Aug 14»
Huge blaze spreads at fuel storage depot in Tripoli
A huge blaze engulfing Libya's biggest fuel storage facility in the capital, Tripoli, has spread to a second tank. Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) has ... «BBC News, Jul 14»
US evacuates Libya embassy after 'free-wheeling militia violence'
The violence is the worst seen in Tripoli and in eastern Benghazi since the 2011 ... but there were no incidents during the five-hour drive from Tripoli to Tunisia, ... «Reuters, Jul 14»
A Coup Attempt in Tripoli
By Mohamed EljarhMohamed Eljarh is a writer for Foreign Policy's Democracy Lab and a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the ... «Foreign Policy, May 14»
Deaths at Libya anti-militia protest in Tripoli
At least 31 people have been killed and 235 injured in clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, officials say, after militiamen opened fire on protesters. «BBC News, Nov 13»
Zeidan kidnap: Tripoli's Corinthia hotel once considered a safe haven
The Corinthia hotel in Tripoli, from which Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan was kidnapped at dawn. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Oct 13»
US Tripoli Raid Deepens Sense of Chaos in Libya
As al-Liby returned from dawn prayers to his home in central Tripoli, the men cut off his black Hyundai sedan with their vehicles, smashed the window, pulled ... «TIME, Oct 13»
