| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.5

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.5 | The History Cooperative

Frank Lambert. The Barbary Wars: American Independence in the Atlantic World. New York: Hill and Wang. 2005. Pp. 228. $24.00.
The Barbary wars have become a hot topic. The last two years have seen publication of at least five books of varying sophistication on the subject of the United States' relations with North Africa, not including two recent biographies of Stephen Decatur, the great hero of these wars. These studies continue to be relevant due to their obvious connection to present-day concerns with Islamic terrorism. But they also reflect historians' current interest in cultural encounters, imperialism, and, more particularly, orientalism.	1
Frank Lambert's book provides a lively and detailed chronology of the conflicts between the United States and Morocco, Algiers, and Tripoli from 1784 to 1816, and it ought to be the starting point for anyone interested in these events for years to come. However, it may also prove frustrating to those readers interested in engaging with the issue of cultural conflict. Lambert's thesis is that economics rather than religion was the crucial issue, or, as he puts it, "the Barbary Wars were primarily about trade, not theology, and that rather than being holy wars, they were an extension of America's War of Independence" (p. 8).	. . .

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