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Authorhouse 10/13/2010 Paperback or Softback New in New jacket The American Spirit: The Story of Commodore William Phillip Bainbridge (Paperback or Softback)
ISBN10: 144909564X, ISBN13: 9781449095642, [publisher: Authorhouse 10/13/2010] Softcover The American Spirit: The Story of Commodore William Phillip Bainbridge 1.31 [Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]
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ISBN10: 144909564X, ISBN13: 9781449095642, [publisher: Authorhouse] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Members of the United States Congress where having long and passionate debates over how to deal with radical Islamist doctrine that permitted and practiced brazen extortion on non-Muslims merchants ships. Some Americans wanted to talk with the pirates to convince them that their actions were wrong. Some of our citizens and politicians wanted to continue paying ransom, thinking the problem would eventually go away. The Muslim terrorists in Northern Africa, with the approval of the Dey of Algiers, were sworn to carry out jihad against all Western powers. Captain William Bainbridge suggested that a continuous policy of burying ones head in the sand was going to shut trade off. Bainbridge takes tributes to the Dey of Algiers.Bainbridge lost his ship and was captured in 1803 and imprisoned until 1805. Hostilities against Americans was plenteous. Americans at sea were thought to be weak and easily intimidated. The book details Bainbridge's victorious sea battle in 1812 of Old Ironsides defeating the British war-ship, HMS Java. President Jefferson addressed Congress: 'Gentlemen we must change our non-defense attitude. The lack of a United States navy has placed us into accepting the domination of England over the European seas. The Congress would rather lose the war without defending the United States rights. 'May our co ...
ISBN10: 144909564X, ISBN13: 9781449095642, [publisher: AuthorHouse] Softcover Like New [Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2010]
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