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THE PIRATES OF SOMALIA INSIDE THEIR HIDDEN WORLD by JAY BAHADUR
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “VERY GOOD, LIKE NEW CONDITION!”
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalize
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, 1st Edition, Hardcover
- Vintage
- No
- Region
- Eastern Africa-Somalia
- Title
- The Pirates of Somalia; Inside Their Hidden World
- Subjects
- Biographies & True Stories
- Age Level
- Adults
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Signed
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Somalia
- ISBN
- 9780307379061
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
030737906X
ISBN-13
9780307379061
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038259222
Product Key Features
Book Title
Pirates of Somalia : inside Their Hidden World
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Naval, Economic Conditions, Africa / North, Maritime History & Piracy, Security (National & International), World / African
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-011731
Reviews
"The inner workings of the world of Somali pirates are astutely explored by Bahadur. . . an engaging account, full of solid analysis. . . What's especially impressive (aside from Bahadur's sheer nerve in insinuating himself among these dangerous men in a lawless corner of the world) is the amassing of multiple perspectives-of pirates and policymakers-that support a rich, suspenseful account." - Publishers Weekly "A rare inside look. . . a nicely crafted, revealing report." - Kirkus Reviews, "Bahadur has gone deep in exploring the causes of this seaborne crime wave, charting its explosive growth and humanizing the brigands who have eluded some of the world's most powerful navies . . . [He] captures the inner workings of Somali piracy in extraordinary detail . . . Bahadur seems to admire the pirates' audacity and resourcefulness, yet at the same time he avoids glamorizing them . . . Brave and exhaustively reported." -Joshua Hammer, The New York Times Book Review "Bahadur debunks myths about the roots and practices of Somali pirates and presents a remarkable analysis of piracy along the coast of the Horn of Africa . . . This intrepid reporter's fascinating account of piracy is a worthwhile read for scholars of Africa and general audiences alike." - Library Journal "An insightful report . . . revelatory journalism and astute analysis of causes and solutions that prove far more informative than any TV footage about the contemporary piracy problem." - Booklist "The inner workings of the world of Somali pirates are astutely explored by Bahadur. . . an engaging account, full of solid analysis. . . What's especially impressive (aside from Bahadur's sheer nerve in insinuating himself among these dangerous men in a lawless corner of the world) is the amassing of multiple perspectives-of pirates and policymakers-that support a rich, suspenseful account." - Publishers Weekly "A rare inside look. . . a nicely crafted, revealing report." - Kirkus Reviews, "Bahadur has gone deep in exploring the causes of this seaborne crime wave, charting its explosive growth and humanizing the brigands who have eluded some of the world's most powerful navies . . . [He] captures the inner workings of Somali piracy in extraordinary detail . . . Bahadur seems to admire the pirates' audacity and resourcefulness, yet at the same time he avoids glamorizing them . . . Brave and exhaustively reported." -Joshua Hammer, The New York Times Book Review "Bahadur debunks myths about the roots and practices of Somali pirates and presents a remarkable analysis of piracy along the coast of the Horn of Africa . . . This intrepid reporter's fascinating account of piracy is a worthwhile read for scholars of Africa and general audiences alike." - Library Journal "An insightful report . . . revelatory journalism and astute analysis of causes and solutions that prove far more informative than any TV footage about the contemporary piracy problem." - Booklist "The inner workings of the world of Somali pirates are astutely explored by Bahadur. . . an engaging account, full of solid analysis. . . What's especially impressive (aside from Bahadur's sheer nerve in insinuating himself among these dangerous men in a lawless corner of the world) is the amassing of multiple perspectives-of pirates and policymakers-that support a rich, suspenseful account." - Publishers Weekly "A rare inside look. . . a nicely crafted, revealing report." - Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition., "Bahadur has gone deep in exploring the causes of this seaborne crime wave, charting its explosive growth and humanizing the brigands who have eluded some of the world's most powerful navies . . . [He] captures the inner workings of Somali piracy in extraordinary detail . . . Bahadur seems to admire the pirates' audacity and resourcefulness, yet at the same time he avoids glamorizing them . . . Brave and exhaustively reported." --Joshua Hammer, The New York Times Book Review "Bahadur debunks myths about the roots and practices of Somali pirates and presents a remarkable analysis of piracy along the coast of the Horn of Africa . . . This intrepid reporter's fascinating account of piracy is a worthwhile read for scholars of Africa and general audiences alike." -- Library Journal "An insightful report . . . revelatory journalism and astute analysis of causes and solutions that prove far more informative than any TV footage about the contemporary piracy problem." -- Booklist "The inner workings of the world of Somali pirates are astutely explored by Bahadur. . . an engaging account, full of solid analysis. . . What's especially impressive (aside from Bahadur's sheer nerve in insinuating himself among these dangerous men in a lawless corner of the world) is the amassing of multiple perspectives--of pirates and policymakers--that support a rich, suspenseful account." -- Publishers Weekly "A rare inside look. . . a nicely crafted, revealing report." -- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
364.164096773
Synopsis
Bahadur delivers a riveting narrative expos--the first ever--that examines 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., Somalia, on the tip of the Horn of Africa, has been inhabited as far back as 9,000 BC. Its history is as rich as the country is old. Caught up in a decades-long civil war, Somalia, along with Iraq and Afghanistan, has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Getting there from North America is a forty-five-hour, five-flight voyage through Frankfurt, Dubai, Djibouti, Bossaso (on the Gulf of Aden), and, finally, Galkayo. Somalia is a place where a government has been built out of anarchy. For centuries, stories of pirates have captured imaginations around the world. The recent bands of daring, ragtag pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking multimillion-dollar tankers owned by international shipping conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. The capture of the American-crewed cargo ship Maersk Alabama in April 2009, the first United States ship to be hijacked in almost two centuries, catapulted the Somali pirates onto prime-time news. Then, with the horrific killing by Somali pirates of four Americans, two of whom had built their dream yacht and were sailing around the world ("And now on to: Angkor Wat! And Burma!" they had written to friends), the United States Navy, Special Operation Forces, FBI, Justice Department, and the world's military forces were put on notice: the Somali seas were now the most perilous in the world. Jay Bahadur, a journalist who dared to make his way into the remote pirate havens of Africa's easternmost country and spend months infiltrating their lives, gives us the first close-up look at the hidden world of the pirates of war-ravaged Somalia. Bahadur's riveting narrative exposé--the first ever--looks at who these men are, how they live, the forces that created piracy in Somalia, how the pirates spend the ransom money, how they deal with their hostages. Bahadur makes sense of the complex and fraught regional politics, the history of Somalia and the self-governing region of Puntland (an autonomous region in northeast Somalia), and the various catastrophic occurrences that have shaped their pirate destinies. The book looks at how the unrecognized mini-state of Puntland is dealing with the rise--and increasing sophistication--of piracy and how, through legal and military action, other nations, international shippers, the United Nations, and various international bodies are attempting to cope with the present danger and growing pirate crisis. A revelation of a world at the epicenter of political and natural disaster.
LC Classification Number
DT403.2.B34 2011
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