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The pirates of Somalia

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Jay Bahadur
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An edition of The pirates of Somalia (2011)

The pirates of Somalia

inside their hidden world

1st Vintage Books ed., Updated and rev.

by

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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.

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Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
306

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Subjects
Politics and government, Economic conditions, Pirates, Piracy, Travel, Hijacking of ships, History, New York Times reviewed, Somalia, economic conditions, Somalia, politics and government
People
Jay Bahadur
Places
Puntland (Somalia), Puntland, Somalia
Times
1991-, 21st century

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2012, Vintage Books
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The pirates of Somalia: inside their hidden world
2011, HarperCollins
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Table of 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
Appendix 1 : Simplified Somali clan tree
Appendix 2 : The Victoria gang
Appendix 3 : Piracy timeline.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-294) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.16/4096773
Library of Congress
DT403.2 .B34 2012, DT403.2.B34 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
306 p., [16] p. of plates
Number of pages
306

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27151005M
ISBN 10
0307476561
ISBN 13
9780307476562
LCCN
2012532030
OCLC/WorldCat
830204695, 757467100

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