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001 2010022457
003 DLC
005 20110317082935.0
008 100604s2010 dcuab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781597972918 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1597972916 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn428644066
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050 00 $aG535$b.L578 2010
082 00 $a364.16/4$222
100 1 $aLittle, Benerson,$d1959-
245 10 $aPirate hunting :$bthe fight against pirates, privateers, and sea raiders from antiquity to the present /$cBenerson Little.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bPotomac Books,$cc2010.
300 $axv, 357 p. [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-342) and index.
505 0 $aOf black flags and bloody banners: The pursuit of pirates and privateers -- Heroes of the fantastic: Pirate hunting in the Age of the Iliad -- In the Age of Ancient Empires: Pirate hunting in the Mediterranean, 1450-700 BC -- Of laurel leaves and pirate princes: Pirate hunting in the Mediterranean, 700 BC-AD 476 -- The scourge from the North: Standing against the Norsemen, 780-1066 -- A sea roving free-for-all: In the Age of Ancient Empires: Pirate hunting in the Northern Seas, 1066-1492 -- Of faith, galleys, and greed: Defeating the Mediterranean Corsairs, 476-1492 -- Spanish galleons and Portuguese carracks: Plunderers fighting plunderers, 1492-1654 -- Of blind eyes and opportunity: An introduction to the "Golden Age," 1655-1725 -- The real pirates of the Caribbean: Pirate hunting in the "Golden Age," 1655-1725 -- From the Mediterranean to the North Sea: The War against pirates and corsairs, 1493-1830 -- Of frigates and cruisers: In pursuit of the commerce raiders, 1688-1865 -- Pirates, Rebels, and warriors: Pirate hunting in the East, 694 BC-AD 1896 -- Death from beneath the waves: Combating the submarine menace, 1914-1945 -- Ships, SEALs, and satellites: The return of the pirate hunters.
650 0 $aPirates$xHistory.
650 0 $aPiracy$xHistory.