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(More customer reviews)Martin Murphy speaks with authority as he explains the complex history of modern piracy as practiced by groups of mostly clan-based criminals in Somalia. He places the principal actors in their various roles with specificity, while using numerous footnotes to avoid losing the attention of the reader. He demystifies the relationships between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), Al-Shabaab, Puntland, and Somaliland, as well as the parts played by the United Nations, the African Union, and the various naval forces now operating off the coast of Somalia in a futile effort to halt the continuing pirate attacks on merchant vessels. If there is any shortcoming in this masterful work, it is the minimal attention given to the numerous merchant vessels being held for ransom off the coast of Somalia and the hardships being experienced by the hundreds of merchant mariners being held hostage by the Somali pirates. Dennis L. Bryant, Bryant's Maritime Consulting.
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