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Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders from Antiquity to the Present
Benerson Little
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Description for Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders from Antiquity to the Present
Hardback. For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. Num Pages: 376 pages, 32 photos & illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: HBTM; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 716.
For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. From the victim’s point of view, these attackers were not the rebellious, romantic rulers of Neptune’s realm, but savage beasts to be eradicated, and those who went to sea to stop them were heroes.
Engaging and meticulously detailed, Pirate Hunting chronicles the fight against these plunderers from ancient times to the present and illustrates the array of tactics and strategies that individuals and governments have employed to secure the seas. Benerson Little lends further dimension to ... Read more
For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. From the victim’s point of view, these attackers were not the rebellious, romantic rulers of Neptune’s realm, but savage beasts to be eradicated, and those who went to sea to stop them were heroes.
Engaging and meticulously detailed, Pirate Hunting chronicles the fight against these plunderers from ancient times to the present and illustrates the array of tactics and strategies that individuals and governments have employed to secure the seas. Benerson Little lends further dimension to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597972918
SKU
V9781597972918
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Benerson Little
Benerson Little was born in Key West, the son of a navy man. At age ten, he read Treasure Island, which led him to explore the world of the pirate. He later became a SEAL officer and an analyst for the Naval Special Warfare Center Strategy and Tactics Group. Little is the author of The Sea Rover's Practice: Pirates and ... Read more
Reviews for Pirate Hunting: The Fight Against Pirates, Privateers, and Sea Raiders from Antiquity to the Present
Pirate Hunting […] offers an introductory overview of piracy's history and is of interest to the general reader approaching the topic for the first time.
Ancient History
Ancient History