Hostile Seas: A Mission in Pirate Waters
by JL Savidge
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- as new
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- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1459719379
- ISBN 13
- 9781459719378
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About This Item
Dundurn, 2013. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Set during a period of dramatically escalating piracy, Hostile Seas is a personal account of a mission on board a naval warship in the waters off Somalia. In late 2008, piracy around the Horn of Africa escalated dramatically, threatening the passage of international merchant ships through a critical waterway. Not only were ships carrying goods to North America and Europe affected, but also vessels entrusted with food aid for a Somali population suffering the effects of prolonged drought and civil war. In response, the Canadian government redirected naval frigate HMCS Ville de Quebec from the Mediterranean Sea to Somali waters to escort pirate-menaced vessels carrying World Food Programme aid to Mogadishu. Told from the perspective of a ship s officer, Hostile Seas is a personal account of life on board a deployed navy ship that explores the tension between military imperatives and individual needs as a succession of hijackings brings into focus the reality of Somali piracy.
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- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
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- Title
- Hostile Seas: A Mission in Pirate Waters
- Author
- JL Savidge
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1459719379
- ISBN 13
- 9781459719378
- Publisher
- Dundurn
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, On
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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