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The Pirate Coast
Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
Richard Zacks4.7
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In the first U.S. covert mission to overthrow a foreign nation, President Jefferson dispatched an unlikely diplomat, forty-year-old William Eaton, to Tripoli to free three hundred American hostages. Eaton achieved a remarkable victory on “the shores of Tripoli,” but for him, the aftermath was not so sweet.
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"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."
Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"The Pirate Coast is a thrilling and fascinating book, a historical page-turner with guts, glamour, and gore."
Anthony Swofford, bestselling author of Jarhead
"A tale of high ideals, derring-do, extraordinary courage, and victory against imposing odds."
New York Times