Author: Nhật Tié̂n
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atrocities
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Pirates
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: Robert C. McCabe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351671510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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This book examines the complex phenomena of modern maritime piracy. The work offers a cutting-edge analysis of modern maritime piracy in the two most pirate-prone regions – southeast Asia and northeast Africa – from the late twentieth century to the modern day. These case studies present a detailed exploration of how regional and international governments responded to upsurges of piracy and how responses have evolved over the course of the past 40 years. This analysis reveals the results of these efforts and what effect, if any, suppressing piracy at sea had on tensions and instability ashore. The book transcends a simple narrative, providing detailed and extensively researched case studies of contemporary manifestations and responses at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. New insights are offered, such as the role of external navies in the repression of piracy in northeast Africa before the well-documented escalation in 2005. In addition, this book constructs a comparative analytic framework to gauge the effectiveness and shortcomings of modern attempts to counteract piracy, which reveals lessons learned, future policy projections and wider implications. This analysis adds new classifications, innovative concepts and scholarly depth to the field of maritime security studies, naval history and theory and international relations. This book will be of much interest to students of naval history, maritime security, strategic studies and international relations.

Author: Stefan Eklöf
Publisher: NIAS Press
ISBN: 8791114373
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Southeast Asia contains some of the world's busiest shipping waters, particularly the Indonesian archipelago, the Straits of Malacca and South China Sea. The natural geography and human ecology of maritime Southeast Asia makes the area particularly apt for piracy. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that these waters are also the world's most pirate-infested, accounting for over a third of the total number of pirate attacks world-wide. The figures have increased in recent years, as transnationally organized crime syndicates have extended their activities in the area. Meanwhile, the capacity of the state authorities in the region to suppress piracy appears to have declined, fuelling suspicions that sections of the maritime authorities are colluding with some of the organized pirate gangs that they are supposed to be combating. Not surprisingly, piracy has a long history in the region, and in several instances during the last 250 years, pirates have disrupted peaceful trade and communications. This text traces the shifting character and development of Southeast Asian piracy from the 18th century to the present day, demonstrating how political, economic, social and technological factors have contributed to change - but have by no means exterminated - the phenomenon. -- Description from http://www.amazon.co.uk (Oct. 19, 2011).

Author: Paul Adirex
Publisher: Aries Productions (Thailand)
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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A colorful and riveting tale of 20th Century pirates based on true events against the exotic background of Southeast Asia during World War II. The war and the Japanese occupation of Thailand have detrimental effect on the lives of the director, the guards, and 3,000 inmates of a penal colony on the island of Tarutao in the Andaman Sea three miles from British Malaya. Nine British and American prisoners of war are sent to be imprisoned on Tarutao by the Japanese occupying force. Continuous shortages of food and medicine force the prison director, the guards, and the inmates into committing acts of piracy on ships passing near Tarutao. The nine POWs must choose between joining the pirates or upholding their moral code and facing the consequences. Danger, suspense, and action revealing courage and cruelty dominate the story, reaching its climax in a chess match of wits between the pirates on Tarutao and the British forces for control of the seas around Tarutao after World War II.

Author: Roger Villar
Publisher: Brassey's
ISBN:
Category : Hijacking of yachts
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Author: Yuanfei Wang
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472038516
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 227

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Examines writings on China's oceanic piracy wars of the sixteenth century

Author: William Dalton (Miscellaneous Writer.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 904

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Author: Eric Tagliacozzo
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822349035
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 553

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This collection of twenty essays provides an unprecedented overview of Chinese trade through the centuries, highlighting its scope, diversity, complexity, and the commodities that have linked it with Southeast Asia.