When we think of pirates we conjure up images of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd; or even fictional pirates such as Long John Silver; Captain Hook and Captain Jack Sparrow. These historical characters all hailed from one period. Known as "The Golden Age of Piracy"; this period only lasted around a quarter of a century - from around 1700 until 1725. However; piracy has been around a lot longer than that. In fact ever since people started venturing onto the sea; others were waiting to waylay them.Pirate expert Angus Konstam sails through the brutal history of piracy; from the pirates who plagued the Ancient Egyptians; Greeks and Romans to the Viking raids on northern Europe through the golden age of piracy and on to the era of privateers who flourished during a period of constant warring on the European continent. He then examines the West's initial encounters with Eastern pirates off the Chinese coast whose confederations had sprung up in the 17th century and whose actions were severely hampering the West by the 19th century. Finally Konstam examines the phenomenon of the modern pirate; preying on modern super tankers. The reality of piracy is that it is a vicious; often deadly business. By separating the realities of piracy from the Hollywood-inspired fiction; and by tracing the development of piracy through the centuries; this book gives a realistic vision of what piracy actually involves. The book includes approximately 100 color and black white images; eight maps; a glossary of sea terms; notes on sources and a bibliography.Contents Chapter 1: Piracy in the Ancient World; Chapter 2: Medieval Pirates; Chapter 3: The Sea Dogs of the Renaissance; Chapter 4: Mediterranean Corsairs; Chapter 5: The Buccaneers of the Caribbean; Chapter 6: The Golden Age of Piracy; Chapter 7: The Pirate Round; Chapter 8: The Last of the Pirates; Chapter 9 The Chinese Pirates; Chapter 10: Modern Pirates; Chapter 11: Pirates in Fiction; Conclusion
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. 7 years after WWII; USG pardoned all Japanese War Criminals. This book explains why. But we still hunt 90yr old NAZI's.By JimA little over a week ago; a friend told me about this book. I bought it on ; and was astounded and profoundly disappointed by what I have read.The author wrote of offering a 3 CD set that contained further annotations; as well as photographic and documented evidence to back up his research.The author's link; bowstring.net shows his books and CDs; but when you click on "Buy Now"; you get a prompt that says "No active store for this vendor".The friend who recommended this book to me; has also tried to find the CDs; and was able to get the author's phone number; but it only rings...no one answers.Do any of you own these CDs; and are you willing to sell me copies; or place them on a DVD for me?The review by Robert David Steele says it all. His review is definitive and the only thing I can add to it; is to ask the reader "You read in the papers how we actively prosecute 90 year old NAZI clerks"? This book will CLEARLY EXPLAIN why it is that we NEVER seek out Japanese War Criminals. And why the survivors of the March to Bataan; and why the Korean "comfort" women will never be recompensed for their pain!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Outstanding; detailed and well written book that names names and gives details and back-ups the story!By GWI never realized the extent this nation has been lied to. Now I understand why 99 percent of the population is broke and we never had a chance to realize the dream of freedom. America is supposed to be the "land of the free and home of the brave"; what a crock. Well guess what the game is almost up; america is waking up! Your days will be numbered.Our so called heroes were nothing more than crooks; murderers. gangsters who only have one interest money or in this case gold.This book details very well known men Nixon; MacArthur; Truman ; Dulles; Reed; Haig GEORGE H. W. BUSH; AND SONS ROTHSCHILDS; OPPENHEIMER; WARBURGS; ROCKEFELLERS; KISSINGER and most of other so called presidents used secrecy and power to plunder and destroy nations and people. I am ashamed to have been born in this country."At Morgan's Jekyll Island estate in 1910; the Robber Barons followed Warbug's game-plan to take control of ALL US currency and gold. As Warburg said at that secret meeting; it was essential not to let American citizens know the Federal Reserve was a cartel of private banks; BUT TO PERSUADE THEM THAT IT WAS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. IN OTHER WORDS; THERE WAS NOTHING "FEDERAL" ABOUT IT; AND ALL CONTROL OF CURRENCY AND GOLD WAS "RESERVED" TO THE PRIVATE BANKSERS WHO OWNED ITS STOCK. THE MAJORITY OF THAT STOCK WAS HELD BY BANKS NOW CALLED MORGAN-CHASE AND CITIBANK."This book details very well known corporations who used secrecy and power to plunder and destroy the good people around the world. What is hilariously called WHO'S WHO'S world wide is listed in this book.If you want to know about your history you need to purchase and read this book.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The Seagraves unlock one of the great mysteries of the 20th centuryBy John W. OnestiGold Warriors explains how the CIA (the OSS at the time) became extremely powerful after WW II. The clandestine discovery of Yamashita's treasure (a Japanese General in charge of hiding the war loot) by the OSS in the Philippines during WW II was a launching pad for the intelligence agency to become a shadow power in the world. The Seagraves name names and document events even explaining how and where the funds were discovered; deposited and later used. After setting up the Black Eagle Trust and other accounts; elections were rigged; world leaders assassinated and drug running was taken to a whole new level through the use of their black ops slush fund. A secret chapter in the history of WW II; perhaps the most important one; is revealed here. Wars are ultimately about gold; money and power and in this case what happened to the treasures of Asia have been illegally hidden from the American public for over 60 years. In addition; interestingly; some of the same names who secretly kept the treasures of the Asian countries plundered by the Japanese in WW II show up again and again; even surrounding the assassination of JFK.
