The history of piracy. From the Vikings to the present day. Ler P.

“History of piracy: from the Vikings to the present day” is a compact but thorough work by Peter Lera, one of the world's leading specialists in the sea and the fight against terrorism. The scientist avoids the romanticization of pirate life widespread in the modern culture and considers robbery as a business, exploring the interests behind him.

The author analyzes the motives for choosing this risky “profession” and economic reasons for the phenomenon, covers the role of the state in the promotion of piracy throughout The whole history: from kapers authorized by the Queen Elizabeth I, to modern robbers who are engaged in the coast of Africa. In three parts of the book, Ler gives a detailed and large-scale picture of the emergence, development and fussing (albeit incomplete) of world piracy-talks about the pirates-crossbars, about exotic vocousses and orange laautes, about bugans and carpets, about pirate ports and speech the lags, about raids On cities and “beautiful life”, about robotic ships, about the rules of conduct of hostages and advanced strategies for protecting ships from attack.