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Allison, Robert James. "Sailing to Algiers: American Sailors Encounter the Muslim World." Am Nep, 57 (Winter 1997): 5-17. Complicated international politics; Britain virtually urged Algerians to attack American ships since they were no longer under British protection; in Paris, Jefferson, John Paul Jone & Lafayette tried to assemble an alliance.

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19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, Anglo-French, France , Barbary, pirate, corsair, Mediterranean, North Africa , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , united states navy, US navy