The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime
William Langewiesche,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
William Langewiesche,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780865477223 (0865477221)
Publish date: June 1st 2005
Publisher: North Point Press
Pages no: 239
Edition language: English
"The Outlaw Sea" is a real page-turner about a wild, lawless frontier that affects all of us. With so much of the raw materials of civilization shipped by freighter -- machinery, vehicles, food, oil -- you'd think shipping would be more closely regulated and better protected. But the author shows us...
Thought I would take another look at this review given all the pirate action recently. I wish the poobahs on TV would have read this book. The piracy in the Malacca Straits is perhaps more dangerous than that off Somalia. If you have any interest in the actions of pirates and their effects on the sh...