Andrew Palmer studied History at Hull University and holds an MBA. He has wide-ranging business experience with major international groups in defence industries in the Middle East and in advising and providing technical training for combating international piracy.

• Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson IntroductionChapter 1: Piracy: the BackgroundChapter 2: The Political Development of SomaliaChapter 3: Stateless Territories and Clandestine NetworksChapter 4: The Pirate CoastChapter 5: The Geography of PiracyChapter 6: Pirate OperationsChapter 7: The Impact on the Shipping IndustryChapter 8: Legal and Insurance IssuesChapter 9: Vessel DefenceChapter 10: Are there Answers?

'This is a masterful tome, intellectually robust and commendably pragmatic. It should be on the required reading list of politicians, senior naval and military officers, legal advisors and shipping owners.' Commodore Pat Tyrrell OBE Royal Navy 'Andrew Palmer has written the first, and so far only, book that gives an in-depth analysis of the modern scourge of piracy on the high seas.' Major General Julian Thompson, from the foreword to this book 'The New Pirates will become the definitive work on the subject and be an invaluable intellectual asset for scholars, students and practitioners in Government and the armed services. The author has worked on anti-piracy programmes and is an acknowledged expert in encountering this threat to maritime security' Professor Jack Spence OBE, King's College London

Andrew Palmer studied History at Hull University and holds an MBA. He has wide-ranging business experience with major international groups in defence industries in the Middle East and in advising and providing technical training for combating international piracy.

• Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson IntroductionChapter 1: Piracy: the BackgroundChapter 2: The Political Development of SomaliaChapter 3: Stateless Territories and Clandestine NetworksChapter 4: The Pirate CoastChapter 5: The Geography of PiracyChapter 6: Pirate OperationsChapter 7: The Impact on the Shipping IndustryChapter 8: Legal and Insurance IssuesChapter 9: Vessel DefenceChapter 10: Are there Answers?

'This is a masterful tome, intellectually robust and commendably pragmatic. It should be on the required reading list of politicians, senior naval and military officers, legal advisors and shipping owners.' Commodore Pat Tyrrell OBE Royal Navy 'Andrew Palmer has written the first, and so far only, book that gives an in-depth analysis of the modern scourge of piracy on the high seas.' Major General Julian Thompson, from the foreword to this book 'The New Pirates will become the definitive work on the subject and be an invaluable intellectual asset for scholars, students and practitioners in Government and the armed services. The author has worked on anti-piracy programmes and is an acknowledged expert in encountering this threat to maritime security' Professor Jack Spence OBE, King's College London

Andrew Palmer studied History at Hull University and holds an MBA. He has wide-ranging business experience with major international groups in defence industries in the Middle East and in advising and providing technical training for combating international piracy.

• Foreword by Major General Julian Thompson IntroductionChapter 1: Piracy: the BackgroundChapter 2: The Political Development of SomaliaChapter 3: Stateless Territories and Clandestine NetworksChapter 4: The Pirate CoastChapter 5: The Geography of PiracyChapter 6: Pirate OperationsChapter 7: The Impact on the Shipping IndustryChapter 8: Legal and Insurance IssuesChapter 9: Vessel DefenceChapter 10: Are there Answers?

'This is a masterful tome, intellectually robust and commendably pragmatic. It should be on the required reading list of politicians, senior naval and military officers, legal advisors and shipping owners.' Commodore Pat Tyrrell OBE Royal Navy 'Andrew Palmer has written the first, and so far only, book that gives an in-depth analysis of the modern scourge of piracy on the high seas.' Major General Julian Thompson, from the foreword to this book 'The New Pirates will become the definitive work on the subject and be an invaluable intellectual asset for scholars, students and practitioners in Government and the armed services. The author has worked on anti-piracy programmes and is an acknowledged expert in encountering this threat to maritime security' Professor Jack Spence OBE, King's College London