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The History of Piracy: From the Vikings to the Present Day

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"A History of Piracy: From the Vikings to the Present Day" is a compact but thorough work by Peter Lehr, one of the world's leading experts on maritime security and counterterrorism. The scholar avoids the romanticization of pirate life common in contemporary culture and treats plunder as a business, examining the interests behind it. The author analyzes the motivations for choosing this risky profession and the economic causes of the phenomenon, and illuminates the role of the state in encouraging piracy throughout history, from the privateers sanctioned by Queen Elizabeth I to the modern-day brigands fishing off the coast of Africa.
In three parts, Lehr provides a detailed and sweeping picture of the emergence, development, and decline (albeit incomplete) of global piracy - covering crusading pirates, exotic wokou and orang-lauts, buccaneers and privateers, pirate ports and lairs, raids on cities and the "beautiful life," robotic ships, hostage regulations, and advanced strategies for protecting ships from attack.
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