Cruising for trouble
Subtitle: cruise ships as soft targets for pirates, terrorists, and common criminals
By: Mark Gaouette ; foreword by Kendall Carver.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780313382345; 9780313382352
Subjects: Cruise ships; Piracy; Maritime terrorism; Hijacking of ships; Cruise ships -- Accidents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Modern cruise ships : their predators, their vulnerabilities and their victims; title: Cruise ships in the cross hairs : pirates and terrorists; title: The crime statistics and stories that the cruise lines don't want you to know; title: Protecting passengers and crews from pirates, terrorists, and cruise ship accidents; title: The limitations of U.S. and international maritime regulatory regimes and maritime agencies in protecting cruise ship passengers and crews; title: Clear and present dangers for cruise ships and future remedies.