but pirates and mutinous sailors never permanently crippled a British or French shipping route. It was far easier for the ruling powers to maintain order at sea. This is interesting because those ...

Since time immemorial, American mass culture has told us to condemn conspicuous consumption, wretched excess, and braggadocious behavior in general. Yes, we are hypocritical about it: The Left ...

Little serious scholarly work had been done on either deep-sea sailors—who were ... 18 Here is a final irony: Pirates lost the battle in their own day. The ruling classes of the Atlantic hanged ...

“Only pirates do this ... basis to assert historic rights to the bulk of the South China Sea. But Beijing has ignored the ruling. Instead it has increasingly pushed its maritime territorial ...

For weeks, an unpleasant dream haunted Md (short for Mohammed) Atik Ullah Khan. In his sleep, he heard machine guns and saw himself stuck in a fierce fight between a group of pirates and navy ...