William Eaton

William Eaton (23 Februari 1764^[1] – 1 Juni 1811^[2]) adalah seorang perwira Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat dan diplomatik Konsul Jenderal untuk Tunis (1797–1803). Ia memainkan peran diplomatik dan militer yang penting dalam Perang Barbaria Pertama antara Amerika Serikat dan Tripoli (1801-1805). Ia memimpin kemenangan militer asing pertama Amerika Serikat pada Pertempuran Derne dengan merebut kota subjek Tripoli Derne, Libya untuk mendukung pemulihan pasha (monarki lokal), Hamet Caramelli.^[3]

Referensi

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Daftar pustaka

• Adams, Henry. The History of the United States During the First Administration of Jefferson, Part II. Library of America. 2005 ISBN 1-4179-7065-0
• The Life of the Late General William Eaton: Principally Collected from his Correspondence and Other Manuscripts. Edited by Charles Prentiss. Printed by E. Merriam and Company, Brookfield, 1813

Bacaan lanjutan

• London, Joshua E. Victory in Tripoli: How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-471-44415-4
• Roberts, Kenneth. Lydia Bailey. New York: Doubleday, 1947. ISBN 978-0-89272-514-4. Eaton appears as a major character in this historical novel.
• Smethurst, David. Tripoli: The United States' First War on Terror. New York: Presidio Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-89141-859-7
• Wheelan, Joseph. Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror, 1801–1805. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2003. ISBN 0-7867-1232-5.
• Zacks, Richard. The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805. New York: Hyperion, 2005. ISBN 1-4013-0003-0.
• Toll, Ian W. (March 17, 2008). Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393330328.

Pranala luar

• (Inggris) William Eaton di Find a Grave
• The Aaron Burr Trial Diarsipkan 2011-01-18 di Wayback Machine.