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The pirates of Somalia : inside their hidden world / Jay Bahadur.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Pantheon BooksCopyright date: ©2011Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 300 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9780307379061
  • 030737906X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.164096773 22
  • 364.16 14
LOC classification:
  • DT403.2 .B34 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue : where the white man runs away -- Boyah -- A short history of piracy -- Pirate lore -- Of pirates, coast guards, and fishermen -- Garaad -- Flower of paradise -- The land of Punt -- Momman -- The policemen of the sea -- The law of the sea -- Into the pirates' lair -- Pirate insider -- The cadet and the chief -- The freakonomics of piracy -- The road's end -- Epilogue : the problems of Puntland.
Summary: This riveting narrative examines the world of the Somalian pirates: how they live, the forces that have created piracy in Somalia, how they spend the ransom money, and how they deal with their hostages.Summary: A narrative exposé based on the journalist author's daring infiltration of hidden Somalian pirate havens evaluates the conditions that led to regional piracy operations, traces some of their more audacious activities, and profiles the unrecognized autonomous mini-state of Puntland and its efforts to counter piracy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : where the white man runs away -- Boyah -- A short history of piracy -- Pirate lore -- Of pirates, coast guards, and fishermen -- Garaad -- Flower of paradise -- The land of Punt -- Momman -- The policemen of the sea -- The law of the sea -- Into the pirates' lair -- Pirate insider -- The cadet and the chief -- The freakonomics of piracy -- The road's end -- Epilogue : the problems of Puntland.

This riveting narrative examines the world of the Somalian pirates: how they live, the forces that have created piracy in Somalia, how they spend the ransom money, and how they deal with their hostages.

A narrative exposé based on the journalist author's daring infiltration of hidden Somalian pirate havens evaluates the conditions that led to regional piracy operations, traces some of their more audacious activities, and profiles the unrecognized autonomous mini-state of Puntland and its efforts to counter piracy.

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