ISBN: 9798174553088 - the wars against piracy: naval campaigns law and empire before and after the golden age (6 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Pirates did not vanish because one captain died or one ship was burned. They disappeared when governments learned how to make piracy harder to survive. From Jamaica and Nassau to the Indian Ocean, North Africa, Tripoli, Algiers, the Gulf, and the Caribbean, this book follows the long struggle to turn scattered naval victories into lasting control. It explores privateers who became criminals, governors who used pardons as weapons, courts carried across the ocean, markets that kept raiders alive, and empires that claimed to bring order while protecting violence of their own. With Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, Henry Every, William Kidd, Woodes Rogers, Decatur, Exmouth, and many others, the story shows that the wars against piracy were never only battles at sea. They were contests over law, trade, empire, mercy, punishment, and the dangerous places where authority ended. …

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Pirates did not vanish because one captain died or one ship was burned. They disappeared when governments learned how to make piracy harder to survive. From Jamaica and Nassau to the Indian Ocean, North Africa, Tripoli, Algiers, the Gulf, and the Caribbean, this book follows the long struggle to turn scattered naval victories into lasting control. It explores privateers who became criminals, governors who used pardons as weapons, courts carried across the ocean, markets that kept raiders alive, and empires that claimed to bring order while protecting violence of their own. With Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, Henry Every, William Kidd, Woodes Rogers, Decatur, Exmouth, and many others, the story shows that the wars against piracy were never only battles at sea. They were contests over law, trade, empire, mercy, punishment, and the dangerous places where authority ended. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Pirates did not vanish because one captain died or one ship was burned. They disappeared when governments learned how to make piracy harder to survive. From Jamaica and Nassau to the Indian Ocean, North Africa, Tripoli, Algiers, the Gulf, and the Caribbean, this book follows the long struggle to turn scattered naval victories into lasting control. It explores privateers who became criminals, governors who used pardons as weapons, courts carried across the ocean, markets that kept raiders alive, and empires that claimed to bring order while protecting violence of their own. With Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, Henry Every, William Kidd, Woodes Rogers, Decatur, Exmouth, and many others, the story shows that the wars against piracy were never only battles at sea. They were contests over law, trade, empire, mercy, punishment, and the dangerous places where authority ended. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…