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:

    “... it is a commonplace that men like war. For peace, in our society, with the feeling we have then that it is feeble-minded to strive except for one’s own private profit, is a lonely thing and a hazardous business. Over and over men have proved that they prefer the hazards of war with all its suffering. It has its compensations.”
    —Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)