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That 30,000 Guineas for his Employers and £3,000 for himself were the lowest terms upon which a perpetual peace could be made and that this must be paid in Cash on the delivery of the treaty signed by his sovereign, that no kind of Merchandizes could be accepted.

That Tunis would treat upon the same terms, but he could not answer for Algiers or Morocco.

We took the liberty to make some inquiries concerning the Grounds of their pretentions to make war upon Nations who had done them no Injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation.

The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the Laws of their Profit [sic], that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.

That it was a law that the first who boarded an Enemy’s Vessell should have one slave, more than his share with the rest, which operated as an incentive to the most desperate Valour and Enterprise, that it was the Practice of their Corsairs to bear down upon a ship, for each sailor to take a dagger in each hand and another in his mouth, and leap on board, which so terrified their Enemies that very few ever stood against them, that he verily believed the Devil assisted his Countrymen, for they were almost always successful. We took time to consider and promised an answer, but we can give him no other, than that the demands exceed our Expectations, and that of Congress, so much that we can proceed no further without fresh instructions.

There is but one possible way that we know of to procure the money, if Congress should authorize us to go to the necessary expence, and that is to borrow it in Holland. We are not certain it can be had there. But if Congress should order us to make the best terms we can with Tunis, Tripoli, Algiers and Morocco, and to procure this money wherever we can find it, upon terms like those of the last loan in Holland, our best endeavours shall be used to remove this formidable obstacle out of the way of the prosperity of the United States.

Inclosed is a Copy of a Letter from P. R. Randall Esqr. at Barcelona, the last from Mr. Barclay was dated Bayonne. It is hoped we shall soon have news from Algiers and Morocco, and we wish it may not be made more disagreeable than this from Tunis and Tripoli. We are &c.

SEBASTIAN GORKA, PH.D., is the National Security Strategist for Fox News and one of America’s most trusted authorities on national security, strategy, and counterterrorism. A former Deputy Assistant to President Trump for Strategy, he has lectured for US Special Operations Command, the FBI, the US Navy SEALs, and the Green Berets. He has briefed the CIA and the Commandant of the Marine Corps and testified before Congress. He was awarded the Joint Civilian Service Commendation by US Special Operations Command for his work in counterterrorism. His previous book is Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War (2016). Follow him on Twitter @SebGorka.

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A

Abdrahaman, Sidi Haji, 18

Abdullah, King, 135–36

Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk, 60

Acheson, Dean, 129

Active Measures Working Group (AMWG), 38–40

Adams, John, 17–18

Afghanistan, 2, 4, 10, 13, 30, 33, 35–36, 55, 79, 82, 93, 130, 146

Africa, 2, 16–19, 21, 29, 39, 78, 83–84, 93, 132

al-Awlaki, Anwar, 60

al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr, 56, 59, 83–84

Alexander the Great, 33

Allah, 59, 85, 87

Allen, Richard, 35

al-Qaeda, xix, 2–4, 9, 11, 13, 23, 54–56, 59, 61, 78, 81–84, 120, 146–48

al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 56, 59, 81

America, American, xiv, xx–xxi, 2–4, 9–11, 13, 15–25, 28–34, 36–41, 44–45, 48–49, 51–53, 55, 58, 60, 63–65, 67, 69–71, 73–74, 77–78, 80–81, 83–84, 87–88, 90–91, 93–100, 102–3, 105–7, 111, 117–19, 124–26, 128–30, 133–34, 143–45, 147, 149

Argentina, 33

Arrow Cross, xi

Art of War, The , xx, 92

Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal, 84

Azzam, Abdullah, 56, 81

B

Bajomi, Bela, xvi, xix

Bannon, Steve, 114, 116, 142, 149

Barbary pirates, xxi, 9, 11, 16, 18–23

Barry, John, 17

Batchelor, John, 106

Berlin, Germany, xii, 2, 28–31, 36–37, 40, 124, 127, 144

Berlin Wall, the, 2, 29, 37, 127, 144

bin Laden, Osama, xx, 4, 56, 81

bin Salman, Mohammad (MBS), 135

Blair, Tony, 124

Blunt, Anthony, xv, xviii

Boko Haram, 3, 83

Bolton, John, 129, 131

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 6

Boxer Rebellion, 9–10

Budapest Betrayed , xvi

Burgess, Guy, xv

Bush, Jeb, 112

Buzzfeed, 117

C

Cairncross, John, xv

Cambridge Apostles, xv, xvii

Carter, Sara, 117

Chambers, Richard, 97

Chambers, Whittaker, xxi, 96–103

China, 9, 34, 44, 51, 54–55, 59, 61, 77–80, 82–83, 91, 93, 127, 132, 134

Christians, xvi, xviii–xx, 5, 12, 18, 21

CIA, xx, 30, 38–39, 130, 140, 146

Clausewitz, Carl von, xx, 2, 4–7, 9, 11–13, 23–24, 53–60

Clinton, Bill, 124, 132

Clinton, Hillary, 105, 112, 114, 118, 149

CNN, 109, 115, 117, 145

Cold War, xv, 2, 28–30, 35, 37, 40, 52–53, 59, 65, 78, 88, 90, 95, 99, 144

Communists, Communism, xii, xiv, xvi–xix, 26, 28–40, 65, 73, 78, 94, 97, 99–100, 102–3, 107, 112, 120, 143–44

Congregatio de Propaganda Fide , 26

Connery, Sean, 138

Cooper, Anderson, 138

Correlates of War Project, 7–8

Courtauld Institute, xv

Crowley, Monica, 110, 112

Cruz, Ted, 112

Cuba, 28, 31, 38

Czechoslovakia, xvi, 29, 36

D

Dale, Richard, 19

Decade of War , 79

Decatur, Stephen, xxi, 17, 19–22

Deep State, the, 111, 138, 140

Defeating Jihad , xiii, xvii, xx, 119, 134

Defense Intelligence Agency, 114, 140

Department of Defense, 38, 17

Department of Homeland Security, 114

Department of State, 38, 100

E

Elder, Larry, 106

F

Farrage, Nigel, 125

FBI, xx, 38, 100, 120, 147–48

Financial Times , 83

First Barbary War, 19, 22

First Gulf War, 3, 11, 91

Flynn, Mike, 105, 114, 137, 148–49

Foreign Affairs , 31, 155, 159

G

Germany, xii, 24, 29, 174

Gorbachov, Mikhail, 34

Gorka, Katie, 144, 146–47

Gorka, Paul, xii

Gorka, Sebastian, 107–19, 121–27, 129–38, 140–42