Piracy and Maritime Crime: Historical and Modern Case Studies: Naval War College Press Newport Papers, Number 35 - Softcover

Elleman, Bruce A; Forbes, Andrew; Rosenberg, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475027702 ISBN 13: 9781475027709

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Recent naval operations by the world’s major navies show a clear revival of interest in piracy and piracy suppression. The present work of collaborative scholarship, completed as a project in the Maritime History Department at the U.S. Naval War College, demonstrates that historical insights from a selection of piracy case studies over the past two centuries have potential relevance to current and future thinking about antipiracy operations. This monograph is intended as a contribution to both scholarship and professional naval thinking; it is an academic and comparative examination of twelve selected case studies from maritime history used to illuminate a range of concepts and uses of piracy suppression. The twelve case studies provide the basis for the conclusions, an approach that provides a more thorough understanding of the uses and limitations of naval antipiracy operations in the context of new maritime technologies and within a wider range of modern national policy goals than might otherwise be achievable. Above all, this collection provides a sound basis for comparative analysis of varying historical experiences that can stimulate new and original thinking about a basic but often overlooked naval duty. The Newport Papers are extended research projects that the Director, the Dean of Naval Warfare Studies, and the President of the Naval War College consider of particular interest to policy makers, scholars, and analysts.

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About the Author

Bruce A. Elleman is William V. Pratt Professor of International History in the Maritime History Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies, U.S. Naval War College. He is the author of many books, including International Competition in China, 1899-1991: The Rise, Fall, and Restoration of the Open Door Policy (Routledge/Curzon Press, 2015); Navies and Soft Power: Historical Case Studies of Naval Power and the Non-use of Military Force, edited, with S.C.M. Paine (NWC Press, 2015); Taiwan Straits: Crisis in Asia and the Role of the U.S. Navy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015)

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1475027702
• ISBN 13: 9781475027709
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282