New 2nd Edition Now Available!

The threat of maritime terrorism threat is still very real and, unfortunately, growing in its complexity.

The anthology Modern Piracy and Maritime Terrorism: The Challenge of Piracy for the 21st Century provides a balanced, insightful, and thought-provoking journey that exposes the reader to many different perspectives on maritime terrorism. The new second edition includes hypothetical and real life maritime attack and hostage scenarios that prepare the reader for a variety of possible attacks and will help them deal with the aftermath of the event and enable a more rapid recovery.

Edited by M. R. Haberfeld, Agostino von Hassell, and Andrew B. Brown, Modern Piracy and Maritime Terrorism: The Challenge of Piracy for the 21st Century combines the writings of piracy and terrorism practitioners ultimately bringing an insightful approach to the counter-maritime terrorism response.

Modern Piracy and Maritime Terrorism: The Challenge of Piracy for the 21st Century:


Includes readings that represent a wide range of time lines and situations that brought about the actions of the actors involved in the maritime attacks and the possible responses to their criminal activities.
Features four revised chapters, three original contributions, and three reprinted works.
Describes how democratic countries around the world will need to deal with piracy in the very near future, before the waterfall will cascade into too many, serious impact bearing directions.