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Author Bahadur, Jay

Title Deadly waters : the hidden world of Somalia's pirates / Jay Bahadur
Published Carlton North : Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Map of Somalia; Map: Expansion of Pirate Operations; Prologue: Where the White Man Runs Away; 1: Boyah; 2: A Short History of Piracy; 3: Pirate Lore; 4: Of Pirates, Coast Guards, and Fisherman; 5: Garaad; 6: Flower of Paradise; 7: The Land of Punt; 8: Momman; 9: The Policemen of the Sea; 10: The Law of the Sea; 11: Into the Pirates' Lair; 12: Pirate Insider; 13: The Cadet and the Chief; 14: The Freakonomics of Piracy; 15: The Road's End; Epilogue: The Problems of Puntland; Appendix 1: Simplified Somali Clan Tree; Appendix 2: The Victoria Gang; Appendix 3: Piracy Timeline
Summary For centuries, stories of pirates have captured the imagination of people everywhere. But the recent gangs of daring, ragtag pirates off the coast of Somalia, hijacking huge ships owned by international conglomerates, have brought the scourge of piracy into the modern era. While the world sees nothing but opportunistic bands of local bandits running riot, Jay Bahadur, the only Western journalist to venture so deeply into this world, truly sees how it operates. In Deadly Waters, Bahadur ventures to Puntland, a region in north-eastern Somalia, and tells of the pirates' lives beyond the attack sk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Bahadur, Jay -- Travel -- Somalia -- Puntland
SUBJECT Bahadur, Jay fast
Subject Pirates -- Somalia -- 21st century
Piracy -- Somalia -- 21st century
Hijacking of ships -- Somalia -- 21st century
Economic history
Hijacking of ships
Piracy
Pirates
Politics and government
Travel
SUBJECT Puntland (Somalia) -- Economic conditions
Somalia -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005032
Subject Somalia
Somalia -- Puntland
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781921942020
1921942029