The Net Cutter

ISBN-13: 9783565197583 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str.

Magnus Pike

Opis

"The Net Cutter - How a tiny island defeated the British Navy for fish" chronicles the "Cod Wars" between Iceland and the United Kingdom (1950s-1970s). It sounds like a joke, but it was a serious geopolitical conflict. Iceland, desperate to protect its only resource, unilaterally expanded its fishing waters. The UK refused to recognize the claim and sent the Royal Navy to protect its trawlers.Historian Magnus Pike details the asymmetric tactics used by the Icelandic Coast Guard. Too small to fight a shooting war, they invented the "net cutter"-a hook dragged behind their ships to sever the expensive trawling nets of British vessels. They also rammed British frigates, risking international incidents. Iceland eventually threatened to leave NATO and close a crucial US airbase, forcing the Western powers to capitulate."The Net Cutter" is a David vs. Goliath story on the high seas. It explains the origins of the "200-mile limit" in international law and shows how a small nation used strategic leverage to humiliate a former empire over the right to catch cod.

The incredible story of how Iceland used net cutters and ramming tactics to defeat the Royal Navy in a war over cod.