Barbary War

Barbary War may refer to:

  • First Barbary War (1801–1805), fought between the United States and the Barbary States
  • Second Barbary War (1815), fought between the United States and the Barbary states
  • 2011 military intervention in Libya, fought between the United States and the Libyan government under Gaddafi, referred to as Third Barbary War

Famous quotes containing the word war:

    “Since the war nothing is so really frightening not the dark not alone in a room or anything on a road or a dog or a moon but two things, yes, indigestion and high places they are frightening.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)