Adrian Tinniswood, author of The Barbary Pirates, talks to Ari Shapiro about the first U.S. military engagements with Tripoli and the early 19th century Barbary Coast nations.

The wreck is the first time the remains of a pirate corsair have been found in the region known as the Barbary Coast.

Avedis Hadjian is a frequent contributor to Book Review and a former writer and editor for CNN online. As European sailors plied the West African coast for slaves in the 17th and 18th century ...

Decatur Boarding the Tripolitan Gunboat, by Dennis Malone Carter. Naval History and Heritage Command. At issue then was piracy by the city states of the Barbary Coast -- Tunis, Algiers, and ...

After a 200-year hiatus, piracy off the coast of Africa is back in the news, this time migrating from the Levant on the Mediterranean to the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden. “Plus ca change ...