Ottoman Algeria in Western diplomatic history with particular emphasis on relations with the united states of America 1776 - 1816

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Recent western writings deploying analogies between ‘Barbary piracy’ and twentyfirst century ‘terrorism’ justify a reappraisal of diplomatic relations between theOttoman regency of Algiers and the United States during the period 1776-1816. Sincethe 9/11 attacks, American historians have represented the ‘Barbary Wars’ as thedirect forerunner of current ‘Muslim terrorism’. For the purpose, they transposed late18th and early 19th centuries events into the 21st century; the result is an unsoundequation in which the ‘terrorist’ of today is likened to the ‘pirate’ of yesterday and byreversal transposition, the Muslim corsair, already seen as a pirate, has beentransformed into a terrorist. This study opted for rereading the same material on whichcurrent interpretations are built and reveals that, in many cases, documents pertainingto that period were either overlooked or were not published until recently, a factwhich made this reappraisal possible. By reassessing relations between Algiers andthe USA, this work replaces the issue of ‘piracy’ into its true historical context anddiscusses two major elements: the traditional clash between Islam and Christianityand persistence of enmity towards Algiers in American foreign policy although undera different guise. The analysis shows that allegations of Algerian aggressions againstthe USA were unfounded and elaborates a ‘Dey-pawn theory’ which shows how‘power politics’ entangled Algiers in major powers rivalries and turned it into ascapegoat for Christianity. The work also investigates the amalgam betweencorsairing and piracy and considers that its attribution to Muslims solely denotes arenewal of medieval crusading because when America embarked on a gunboatdiplomacy, it also contended that Muslim corsairing states legitimated maritime terrorin the name of jihad. The thesis reconsiders America’s bullying past and unveils lessidealistic agendas that were performed in total disregard of laws and usage of nations.The thesis concludes that Algerian seamen were not pirates but they were corsairslegitimated in their actions by the very western standards and that assertions about‘Algerine piracy’ were fabrications that were meant for cloaking gunboat aggressionin defensive disguise to promote American interests abroad.

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Crawler

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الرسائل العلمية

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رسائل دكتوراة

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English

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Ottoman Algeria in Western diplomatic history with particular emphasis on relations with the united states of America 1776 - 1816

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الإشراف

Brahim Harouni

الإعداد

Fatima Maameri

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