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Terror on the High Seas: From Piracy to Strategic Challenge

Author: Yonah Alexander and Tyler B. Richardson, Editors
Forewords by James Arden Barnett, Jr., Robert J. Cox, and Ingar Skaug

Publication Date: 09/03/2009

Publisher: Praeger

Pages: 688

ISBN-10: 0275997510

ISBN-13: 9780275997519

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Subjects:
  • International/Transnational Security
Description: The ability to ship safely is at the heart of the U.S. economy and critical to military operations. But experience has proven that U.S. shipping is not as secure as we might wish. The threat of maritime terrorism is real and palpable. Contemporary history and the recent debate on U.S. port security clearly demonstrate that the maritime industry, including the merchant marine, shipbuilding industries, and the United States Navy, are all vulnerable to terrorist attacks.