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Kim byli piraci ? romantycznymi morskimi włóczęgami czy też straszliwymi zbrodniarzami bez zasad? Jak często pirat sięgał po kordelas lub pistolet? Czy chętnie ruszał do ataku na równie dobrze uzbrojone okręty jak jego? W jakich warunkach wolał ostrzeliwać przeciwnika z daleka, a kiedy decydował się na abordaż? Odpowiedzi na wszystkie te pytania z mistrzowską dociekliwością udziela Benerson Little, a kiedy odpowiedź na wątpliwości wydaje się niejednoznaczna, przytacza fakty, prowadzące zwykle do logicznej konkluzji.

To read of sea roving's various incarnations - piracy, privateering, buccaneering, la flibuste, la course - is to bring forth romantic, and often violent, imagery. Indeed, much of this imagery has become a literary and cinematic clich?. And what an image it is But its truth is by halves, and paradoxically it is the picaresque imagery of Pyle, Wyeth, Sabatini, and Hollywood that is often closer to the reality, while the historical details of arms, tactics, and language are often inaccurate or entirely anachronistic. Successful sea rovers were careful practitioners of a complex profession that...

For thousands of years pirates, privateers, and seafaring raiders have terrorized the ocean voyager and coastal inhabitant, plundering ship and shore with impunity. From the victim's point of view, these attackers were not the rebellious, romantic rulers of Neptune's realm, but savage beasts to be eradicated, and those who went to sea to stop them were heroes. Engaging and meticulously detailed, Pirate Hunting chronicles the fight against these plunderers from ancient times to the present and illustrates the array of tactics and strategies that individuals and governments have employed...