Shores of Tripoli -- The general -- Brotherly love -- "To chastise the bashaw" -- Dungeons and diplomacy -- Gathering storm -- Planning stage -- Washington insider -- Backroom politics -- Plans in motion -- Into Egypt -- Waiting game -- Fears of the unknown -- A few good men -- An army grows in the desert -- The road to Derne -- Marches, mutinies, and U.S. Marines -- Battles for Derne -- Duplicity and deals -- A sad truth -- Epilogue.
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