The pirates of Somalia
Subtitle: inside their hidden world
By: Jay Bahadur
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780307379061
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic conditions; Pirates; Piracy; Travel; Hijacking of ships
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : where the white man runs away; title: Boyah; title: A short history of piracy; title: Pirate lore; title: Of pirates, coast guards, and fishermen; title: Garaad; title: Flower of paradise; title: The land of Punt; title: Momman; title: The policemen of the sea; title: The law of the sea; title: Into the pirates' lair; title: Pirate insider; title: The cadet and the chief; title: The freakonomics of piracy; title: The road's end; title: Epilogue : the problems of Puntland.