Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea by Peter Eichstaedt
Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea Peter Eichstaedt
Page: 224
ISBN: 9781569763117
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
In 2009, the United States was hit broadside by Somali pirates who attempted to capture the U.S. flag ship Maersk Alabama. Suddenly, the pirates were no longer a distant menace. They had thrust themselves onto the American stage.
Are the Somali pirates a legion of desperate fisherman attacking cargo ships and ocean cruisers to reclaim their waters? Or is piracy connected to crime networks and the madness that grips Somalia? What threats do pirates pose to international security?
To answer these questions, Peter Eichstaedt crisscrosses East Africa, meeting with pirates both in and out of prisons, talking with them about their lives, tactics, and motives. Ultimately, he comes face-to-face with a former fighter with Somalia’s brutal Islamic al-Shabaab militia. He discovers that piracy is a symptom of a much deeper problem: Somalia itself.
Pirate State explores the links between the pirates, global financiers, and extremists who control southern Somalia and whose influence extends across the Gulf of Aden into Yemen and connects to extremists in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Somali pirates are desperate and dangerous men who will do just about anything for money, and Pirate State argues that turning a blind eye to piracy and the problems of Somalia is inviting a disaster of horrific proportions.
MORE EBOOKS:
Low Down and Dirty download ebookDialogues of the Dead read
Tags:
Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea ebook pdf djvu epub
Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea download pdf epub djvu
Download Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea free ebook pdf
Read Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea online book
Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea cheap ebook for kindle and nook
Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea download book
Peter Eichstaedt ebooks
Pirate State: Inside Somalia's Terrorism at Sea download pdf rapidshare mediafire fileserve 4shared torrent