Piracy Against U.S.-flagged Vessels
Title | Piracy Against U.S.-flagged Vessels PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Private Anti-Piracy Navies
Title | Private Anti-Piracy Navies PDF eBook |
Author | John J. Pitney |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2013-12-12 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0739173332 |
The twenty-first century has seen a sharp rise in privatization of the military, especially of logistics and security functions during the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The outbreak of Somali piracy that started in 2008 has prompted a similar revolution in maritime security. Private security companies began operating armed escort vessels to protect merchant shipping against pirates off the Horn of Africa. Private Anti-Piracy Navies is intended to provide a contextualized understanding of the historical origins, current state, and future prospects of this fast-changing sector. Centuries ago, the British East India Company used a private navy against piracy in the same waters with much success. Yet since then, international law has evolved to more tightly regulate the use of force by civilians, and to afford greater protections to suspected pirates. Thus, the development of what are in effect private warships has presented numerous legal and regulatory problems. How can the companies that operate these vessels be effectively licensed? Under what circumstances should they be allowed to use lethal force? This book explains how regulators in industry and government have attempted to answer such questions, and highlights the remaining areas of uncertainty. It also addresses the economic factors that drive the struggle between pirates and anti-piracy forces. Of equal concern are operational considerations such as defensive tactics, logistics, and rules of engagement. Security companies must carefully balance rights concerns against the need to defend ships effectively. Partly due to the contribution of private security, piracy in the Indian Ocean has dropped significantly over the past two years, leading to widespread overconfidence. Governments under severe budget pressure may withdraw their naval task forces from the region prematurely, leading to a resurgence of Somali piracy. At the same time, pirates are wreaking havoc in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa. The book concludes with an assessment of private naval forces’ prospects in these conflicts over the short term, as well as the implications for wider naval privatization in the long run.
Piracy on the High Seas
Title | Piracy on the High Seas PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security |
Publisher | |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Hijacking of ships |
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Civilian Warriors
Title | Civilian Warriors PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Prince |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2014-10-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1591847451 |
The founder of Blackwater offers the gripping true story of the world’s most controversial military contractor. In 1997, former Navy SEAL Erik Prince started a business that would recruit civilians for the riskiest security jobs in the world. As Blackwater’s reputation grew, demand for its services escalated, and its men eventually completed nearly 100,000 missions for both the Bush and Obama administrations. It was a huge success except for one problem: Blackwater was demonized around the world. Its employees were smeared as mercenaries, profiteers, or worse. And because of the secrecy requirements of its contracts with the Pentagon, the State Department, and the CIA, Prince was unable to correct false information. But now he’s finally able to tell the full story about some of the biggest controversies of the War on Terror, in a memoir that reads like a thriller.
Villains of All Nations
Title | Villains of All Nations PDF eBook |
Author | Marcus Rediker |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Pages | 275 |
Release | 2020-05-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1789601967 |
Pirates have long been stock figures in popular culture, from Treasure Island to the more recent antics of Jack Sparrow. Villains of all Nations unearths the thrilling historical truth behind such fictional characters and rediscovers their radical democratic challenge to the established powers of the day.
Updates on Efforts to Combat Piracy
Title | Updates on Efforts to Combat Piracy PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation |
Publisher | |
Pages | 96 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Hijacking of ships |
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Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
Title | Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
Publisher | |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | United States |
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