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Episode 223 - The First Barbary War
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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