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:

    “High on a throne of royal state, which far
    Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
    Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand
    Show’rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
    Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
    To that bad eminence; and, from despair
    Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aspires
    Beyond thus high, insatiate to pursue
    Vain war with Heav’n, and by success untaught,
    His proud imaginations”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)