The shores of Tripoli

The husband of an ex-coworker of mine just put out this book. I've not read it, but the subject is interesting. It concerns the Barbary pirates and the challenges they posed to US policy in the early 19th century. You get a little Jefferson and a look at how the US handled security policy when it was a decidedly weak country. Looks like an engaging narrative approach as opposed to the dry international relations approach.