Author: Barnby, H G
Title: The Prisoners Of Algiers An Account Of The Forgotten American Algerian War 1785 - 1797
Description: Oxford University Press, 1966, 1st edition. cloth, dj, VG/G++. xiii+343pp, b/w frontis, 8pp b/w plates, bibliography, index, some scuffing to dustjacket with the edges rubbed, Hardback with dustjacket. ¶ An account of the 'war' between Algeria and the USA. which accured in the early days after American Independence. The USA was lacking money and ill equiped to fight so diplomacy was used to resolve the conflict. No battles were fought and the only casualties were the captured American sailors forced into slave labour whilst peace was negociated.

Keywords: america, history, africa, military