Fire on the High Seas

Fire on the High Seas: America's Undeclared War with FranceBefore the War of 1812, before the Barbary Wars, there was a conflict most Americans have never heard of — and yet it changed everything.In 1798, the young United States found itself in an undeclared naval war with France, its former Revolutionary ally. What began as a diplomatic insult — French agents demanding bribes before they would ev...