The pirates of Somalia: inside their hidden world
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Soon to be a major motion picture
The first close-up look at the hidden world of Somali pirates by a young journalist who dared to make his way into their remote havens and spent a year infiltrating their lives.
For centuries, stories of pirates have captured imaginations around the world. The recent ragtag bands of 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. Jay Bahadur’s riveting narrative exposé—the first of its kind—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, among much, much more. It is a revelation of a dangerous world at the epicenter of political and natural disaster.
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Bahadur, J. (2011). The pirates of Somalia: inside their hidden world. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bahadur, Jay. 2011. The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bahadur, Jay, The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World. Pantheon Books, 2011.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bahadur, Jay. The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World. Pantheon Books, 2011.
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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