Dangerous Waters Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas

Name: Dangerous Waters Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas
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ISBN: 9780452284135

ISBN-10: 0452284139

ISBN-13: 9780452284135

Edition: 2002

Authors: John Burnett

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While sailing alone one night in the shipping lanes across one of the busiest waterways in the world, John Burnett was attacked by pirates. Through sheer ingenuity and a little bit of luck, he survived, and his shocking firsthand experience became the inspiration for Dangerous Waters. Today's breed of pirates are not the colorful cutthroats painted by the history books. Unlike the romantic images from yesteryear of Captain Hook, Long John Silver, and Blackbeard, modern pirates can be local seamen looking for a quick score, highly trained guerrillas, rogue military units, or former seafarers recruited by sophisticated crime organizations. Including new, up-to-date information for the…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.40" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Prologue: The Attack


Introduction



And Our Hoses Piss a Little



I Kill, of Course!



A Dangerous Space



An Easy Target



The Empty Sea



Better Than Dancing Lessons



A Christian Approach



But We've Got the Dummies



Dead Men Tell No Tales



To Hell and Gone



The Lost Command



Where Are the Americans?



Into the Breach



Dangerous Waters



Ghost Ships of the High Seas



A Pirate by Any Other Name



Into the Dead Zone



Murder Not Uncommon



In the Dark of the Night



Attack in Real Time


Afterword--The Enemy Within


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index


Acknowledgments