| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 233 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Rules of engagement -- Finally, Terry meets the pirates -- Piracy 101 -- Best management practices -- Should merchant ships be armed? -- Crime without punishment -- To pay or not to pay -- Attack on the Maersk Alabama -- Hostage in the lifeboat -- The rescue of Captain Phillips -- Chopstick diplomacy on the high seas -- Strategy and tactics -- A course to steer. |
| Summary |
Rear Admiral Terry McKnight, USN (Ret.) served as Commander, Counter-Piracy Task Force-Gulf of Aden. He wrote the first draft of the Navy's handbook on fighting piracy while serving as the initial commander of Combined Task Force 151, an international effort to deploy naval vessels from several nations in a manner designed to prevent piracy in the Gulf of Aden and farther out into the Indian Ocean. McKnight personally commanded operations that disrupted several hijackings in progress, and resulted in the capture of sixteen Somali pirates. That's when he ran head-on into the bizarre U.S. policy. |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Combined Task Force 151 (International Naval Task Force)
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Combined Task Force 151 (International Naval Task Force) |
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Pirates -- Somalia -- 21st century.
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Piracy -- Somalia -- 21st century.
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Piracy -- Aden, Gulf of -- 21st century.
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Hijacking of ships -- Somalia -- Prevention.
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Hijacking of ships -- Aden, Gulf of -- Prevention.
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Somalia -- History, Naval -- 21st century.
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Aden, Gulf of -- History, Naval -- 21st century.
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TRUE CRIME -- General. |
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Piracy. |
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Pirates. |
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Indian Ocean -- Gulf of Aden. |
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Somalia. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Naval history.
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| Added Author |
Hirsh, Michael, 1943-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McKnight, Terry. Pirate Alley. Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2012 9781612511344 1612511341 (DLC) 2012027964 |
| ISBN |
161251135X (electronic bk.) |
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9781612511351 (electronic bk.) |
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9781612511344 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1612511341 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40021501229 |
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