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  Title

  Modern-day piracy

  Author

  Miller, Debra A.  

  Publisher:

  Greenhaven Press,

  Pub date:

  2012.

  Pages:

  219 p. ;

  ISBN:

  9780737760286

  Item info:

  2 copies available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library and Aurora Campus.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    DT403.2 .M63 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues
    Aurora Campus	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    DT403.2 .M63 2012	1	Reference Book	Contemporary Issues

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  ISBN:

  9780737760286 (hbk.)

  ISBN:

  0737760281 (hbk.)

  ISBN:

  9780737760293 (pbk.)

  ISBN:

  073776029X (pbk.)

  Title:

  Modern-day piracy / Debra A. Miller, book editor.

  Publication info:

  Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2012.

  Physical description:

  219 p. ; 24 cm.

  Series Statement:

  (Current controversies)

  Contents:

  What is the scope of today's maritime piracy? Piracy is flourishing in many key shipping lanes / James G. Stavridis and Richard E. LeBron -- Attacks by Somali pirates have increased in recent years / Raymond Gilpin -- Somali pirates are becoming more sophisticated and daring in hteir attacks / Lauren Ploch, [et al.] -- Somali pirates raise ransom stakes / Colin Freeman -- Somali piracy is threatening global shipping and manufacturing / Stephanie Nall -- Somali's piracy problem affects all nations / Claude Berube -- Is piracy conmnected to terrorism? Yes : Piracy is connected to terrorism. The Somali pirates are Islamic jihadists / Robert Spencer -- Somali pirates are financing Islamic terrorists / Mohamed Ahmed and Abdi Sheikh -- No : Piracy is not connected to terrorism. The maritime dimension of international security : terrorism, piracy, and challenges for the United States : summary / Peter Chalk -- Somali pirates do not appear to be connected to the Somali Islamist movement / Karine Hamilton -- The Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab actually deters Somali piracy / Somalia Report -- Should ransoms be paid to pirates? Yes : Ransoms should be paid to pirates. Pirates treat hostages well if ransoms are paid / Center for Strategic and Internatinal Studies -- Paying ransoms is the only available response to piracy for ship owners / Charles Marts -- Penalizing ship owners for paying ransoms is unfair / Inc. & Company International LLP -- No : Ransoms should not be paid to pirates. Appeasement of pirates has never worked / Joseph Farah -- Paying ransoms to pirates only exacerbates terrorism / Hana Freedman -- Pirates should be confronted not paid / Abdon M. Pallasch -- How should the US and other nations combat pirate attacks? Multiple approaches must be taken to manage the piracy problem / Andrew J. Shapiro -- Shipping nations should coordinate efforts to prosecute pirates / James Kraska and Brian Wilson -- The international community must work with Africans to combat piracy / Michael L. Baker -- Counterterrorism measures must be applied to piracy / James Jay Carafano and Jon Rodeback -- Military action and foreign aid must be used to elimiate pirate sanctuaries / Bernd Debusmann A long-term piracy solution requires addressing Somalia's poverty and politics / Rubrick Biegon -- Supporting Somalia's transitional government can help combat piracy / Ken Menkhaus, John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen.

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  TODD AURORA

  Subject term:

  Pirates--Somalia--21st century.

  Subject term:

  Hijacking of ships--Somalia--21st century.

  Subject term:

  Maritime terrorism--Somalia--21st century.

  Subject term:

  Piracy--Prevention.

  Subject term:

  Piracy--Prevention--Government policy.

  Subject term:

  Shipping--Security measures.

  Subject term:

  Merchant marine--Security measures.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Miller, Debra A.

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