Bruce A. Elleman

Seaborne Perils

Piracy, Maritime Crime, and Naval Terrorism in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia

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Produktbeschreibung

This book integrates a number of multinational, multiregional, and historical cases of piracy, maritime crime, and seaborne terrorism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9781442260191
• ISBN-10: 144226019X
• Artikelnr.: 49446191

Autorenporträt

Bruce A. Elleman is a William V. Pratt Professor of International History a full professor at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Defining Piracy, Maritime Crime, and Seaborne Terrorism 1.
Historical Piracy and its Impact 2. Early Attempts to Halt Piracy 3. The
Taiping Rebellion and the Arrow War 4. Post-War Piracy in Southeast and
East Asia 5. The Looting and Rape of Vietnamese Boat People 6. Confronting
Maritime Crime in Australian Waters 7. Twenty-First Century High Seas
Piracy off of Somalia 8. Maritime Crime and Piracy in the Malacca Strait 9.
Contemporary Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships 10. Success and
Failures of Counter-Piracy Operations 11. The Threat of Seaborne Terrorism
12. Conclusions: International Piracy in the Era of Maritime Domain
Awareness Bibliography Chapter Summaries Following the Introduction,
Chapter 1 examines historical piracy and its impact on global trade, in
particular in the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Caribbean. Chapter 2 then
focuses on early European and American attempts to halt piracy. These
policies were so successful that it was once thought global piracy could be
completely eliminated. Chapter 3 turns to Asia, which has seen a huge rise
in piracy and maritime crime over the past few decades. A historical
examination of the Taiping Rebellion and the Arrow War shows how European
intervention during the 19th century attempted to curtail piracy off the
China coast. Chapter 4 takes the story up through World War II by examining
the post-war resurgence of piracy in Southeast and East Asia, in particular
as a consequence of European decolonization. Chapter 5 focuses on one of
the most horrific of the Southeast Asian cases, the looting and rape of
Vietnamese boat people. Pirates preyed on fleeing Vietnamese not only for
their money, but in an effort-often state-supported or at the very least
ignored by local governments-to dissuade refugees from coming to their
shores. Chapter 6 moves further south and evaluates Australian efforts to
confront maritime crime in its waters. After summarizing historical cases,
Chapter 7 turns to twenty-first century high seas piracy off of Somalia,
while Chapter 8 examines maritime crime and piracy in the Malacca Strait.
This leads to Chapter 9's discussion of contemporary piracy and armed
robbery against ships and to Chapter 10's discussion of the success and
failures of counter-piracy operations. To date, there have been few
documented cases of maritime terrorism, but the possibility of such attacks
exists. Chapter 11 examines the threat of seaborne terrorism, focusing on
possible locations, terrorist groups that might be capable of turning to
the sea to carry out attacks, and what global navies are currently doing to
counter these possibilities. Rebel groups often smuggle high-value goods,
such as drugs or diamonds, to fund their operations. This chapter therefore
also discusses cases where insurgencies have turned to the sea to raise
funds, and how this trend might lead to future cases of seaborne terrorism.
Chapter 12 summarizes the book's findings, plus discusses in greater detail
how the international community is dealing with the threat of piracy
through the adoption of even greater Maritime Domain Awareness, as
indicated by the widespread adoption of the ISPS Code, SUA Convention, and
long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) of ships.