Pirates in Paradise: A Modern History of Southeast Asia’s Maritime Marauders SALE Frédéric Girard

Frédéric Girard

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associate professor of religion

Peter Vandergeest is Associate Professor of Geography at York University in Canada

Pirates in Paradise: A Modern History of Southeast Asia’s Maritime Marauders SALE Frédéric GirardStefan Eklf 2006. 184 pp, 14x21. 5 cm Tracing the development of piracy in Southeast Asia from the eighteenth century until today, this book provides profound insights into contemporary terrorism, piracy and transnational organized crime in the region. Since the late twentieth century, piracy has returned to the world's oceans with a vengeance. Worst hit is Southeast Asia where thousands of people have lost their lives at the hands of pirates in the