The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (917 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00026WUOQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 281 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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William Langewiesche vividly reports on the unforgiving & brutal forces, both natural and manmade to which those who take to the sea are exposed.. Three quarters of the world is made up of ocean. Exploring the political force fo the world's oceans, from piracy to terrorism. Vast, untamed expances of water, impossible to police rigorously
Beginning with an exploration of the open nature of the waterways—a world where standards are ill-defined, rules inconsistent and laws difficult to enforce—the book alternates from historical background to compellingly written narratives of the ugly things that can happen on the water, from piracy to shipwreck. From Publishers Weekly The sea's unpredictability and savage indifference to the things it touches are the defining themes of Langewiesche's well-researched book, which sadly does not fare well in audio. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The climax of the book comes fairly late, when Langewiesche describes the 1994 Estonia disaster, which claimed 850 lives, and then follows it up with other examples of how greed at sea (too many passengers, too muc
Important and chilling book on the state of the oceans Matthew A. Bille A fascinating and important book. We all know about Somali pirates, but did you know that old-fashioned pirates with big ships still operate on the high seas? I certainly didn't. Nor did I realize the once-proud profession of "sailor" has become dominated by poorly paid hands who rarely if ever get the traditional perk of . Moisio said Largely anecdotal and uninformative. Langewiesche's descriptions of ships sinking at sea are compelling, despite drifting more than occasionally toward the melodramatic. People fighting for survival are either Hobbesian brutes or noble savages.Other than that, the book is simplistic and a bit dated. The agenda, if there is one, also comes across as convoluted. Robert David STEELE Vivas said Threat From the Sea--75% of the Planet. This is not the book I was expecting. Normally it would only have gotten three stars, for recycling three articles, only one of which was really of interest to me (on piracy), but the author is gifted, and his articulation of detail lifts the book to four stars and caused me to appreciate his final story on the poisonous d