商品簡介
Describes the 1805 secret mission, reluctantly sanctioned by Thomas Jefferson and led by William Eaton, to stop the Barbary pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, revealing how a ragtag group of men, aided by a band of European mercenaries, Arab cavalry, and Bedouin warriors, brought down the government of Tripoli. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
作者簡介
Richard Zacks is a graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, a former syndicated columnist for theNew York Daily News, and a freelance journalist for Atlantic Monthly,Time, the Village Voice, London Times, Life, and other publications.
