Pirate Alley : commanding Task Force 151 off Somalia / Terry McKnight and Michael Hirsh ; foreword by Jim Miklaszewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKnight, Terry.

Contributor:

Hirsh, Michael, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pirates--Somalia--21st century.

Pirates.

Piracy--Somalia--21st century.

Piracy.

Piracy--Aden, Gulf of--21st century.

Hijacking of ships--Somalia--Prevention.

Hijacking of ships.

Hijacking of ships--Aden, Gulf of--Prevention.

Somalia--History, Naval--21st century.

Somalia.

Aden, Gulf of--History, Naval--21st century.

Aden, Gulf of.

Combined Task Force 151 (International Naval Task Force).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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. p

Contents:

Contents; Foreword by Jim Miklaszewski; Preface; Prologue; 1. Rules of Engagement; 2. Finally, Terry Meets the Pirates; 3. Piracy 101; 4. Best Management Practices; 5. Should Merchant Ships Be Armed?; 6. Crime without Punishment; 7. To Pay or Not to Pay; 8. Attack on theMaersk Alabama; 9. Hostage in the Lifeboat; 10. The Rescue of Captain Phillips; 11. Chopstick Diplomacy on the High Seas; 12. Strategy and Tactics; 13. A Course to Steer; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781612511351

161251135X

OCLC:

814705909