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" Terror on the high seas : "
Yonah Alexander and Tyler B. Richardson, editors ; forewords by James Arden Barnett, Jr., Robert J. Cox, and Ingar Skaug.
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952360
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b706730
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Terror on the high seas : : from piracy to strategic challenge /\ Yonah Alexander and Tyler B. Richardson, editors ; forewords by James Arden Barnett, Jr., Robert J. Cox, and Ingar Skaug.
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :: Praeger Security International,, ©2009.
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Praeger books online
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1 online resource (2 volumes (xlviii, 638 pages)).
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0275997502
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: 0275997510
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: 9780275997502
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: 9780275997519
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-601) and index.
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| Contents
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Volume 1: Maritime terrorism: an overview of challenges and responses / Yonah Alexander -- Maritime security and terrorism: some interdisciplinary perspectives (1981) -- Achille Laura hijacking: a case study (1985) -- Selected executive statements -- Selected congressional statements -- Court Case -- USS Cole bombing: case study (2000) -- Threats and United States responses to maritime challenges -- Border protection and customs -- Port security -- Container security -- Transportation security -- U.S. organizational structure: the role of the executive -- Interagency framework -- The White House -- Department of Homeland Security -- United States Coast Guard -- Department of Transportation -- Department of Defense -- Federal Maritime Commission -- State Department -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- International Cooperation -- Volume 2: U.S. Organizational structure: the role of the legislature -- Selected Congressional Research Service and Government Accountability Office Reports -- Congressional Hearings -- Legislation -- International Perspectives: regional and global -- Regional perspectives: Southeast Asia -- Africa -- South America & the Caribbean -- Global Multilateral perspectives: European Union (EU) -- NATO -- United Nations -- International Maritime Organization -- Private-Sector perspectives: industry and trade organizations.
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Terror on the High Seas: From Piracy to Strategic Challenge is a provocative look at maritime security and the steps that must be taken if terrorist threats are to be nullified. From the Achille Lauro hijacking to the bombing of the USS Cole to attacks on shipping channels, terrorists have employed a variety of tactics, both successful and unsuccessful. These have included the smuggling of arms and plots to bomb shipyards, as well as attacks on Merchant Marine ships, maritime offices, fuel storage facilities, and Navy personnel, ships, and facilities, on shore and in port.
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This book constitutes the first research effort after the unprecedented attacks of September 11, 2001, to provide government, industry, and the academic and policy communities with a major resource on potential threats to the maritime environment. Assuming that past tactics, as well as a variety of other unconventional attacks, will be utilized by both domestic and international groups well into the 21st century, the book sagely outlines the response needed from government and industry to meet the coming challenges.--From publisher's description.
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Maritime terrorism-- United States.
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Maritime terrorism.
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Piracy-- United States.
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Piracy.
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LAW-- Criminal Law-- General.
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Maritime terrorism.
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Piracy.
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United States.
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345/.0264
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K5277.T47 2009eb
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Alexander, Yonah.
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Richardson, Tyler B.
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