Small boats and daring men: maritime raiding, irregular warfare, and the early American Navy

John Paul Jones and the birth of American naval irregular warfare

Wars done by halves: quasi-war operations

Intrepid and irregular warfare on the Barbary Coast

Raiding on the lakes, 1812-1814

Destructive machines and partisan operations: the Torpedo Act and the War of 1812

Pirates and privateers: dawn of the West Indies Squadron

First Sumatra expedition, 1831-1832

Return to Sumatra: the East India Squadron, 1838-1839

Conclusion: the regularity of the irregular-raiding and irregular warfare in the age of sail and beyond.