Dangerous waters : modern piracy and terror on the high seas /
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...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
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[2002 (2003 printing)]
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| Summary: | 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 paperback edition, Dangerous Waters is both a dauntless investigation and an epic, breathtaking modern tale of the sea. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York, N.Y. : Dutton, ©2002. |
| Physical Description: | xii, 346 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 331) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0452284139 9780452284135 0525946799 9780525946793 |