Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia

Signed by the author, Rear Admiral Terry McKnight with inscription to a Tayler, thanking them for service to the nation, In excellent condition, No writing or highlighting, book is crisp and clean. inquire for photos or more details. 100% satisfaction guarantee. Shipped with care. --- Drawing on his experience as the first commander of Combined Task Force 151, the multinational counter-piracy force established in 2009, Rear Admiral Terry McKnight teams with writer Michael Hirsch to examine the rise of Somali piracy and the international response to it. The book details how pirates operate from the lawless Somali coast, the economic toll on global shipping, and the policy debates surrounding armed security teams aboard merchant vessels transiting the High-Risk Area. It also considers the broader question of how the failed-state conditions ashore in Somalia fuel maritime crime, and reviews evolving best management practices for protecting commercial ships. Proceedings magazine recognized it as a Notable Naval Book of 2012.…