Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea : the mission to rescue the hostages the world forgot /: the mission to rescue the hostages the world forgot. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Colin Freeman.
• Authors: Freeman, Colin
• Contents: Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Epigraph -- List of Key People -- Timeline of Hijackings -- Map -- Author's Note -- Prologue: The Luckiest Man in East Africa -- Chapter 1: Sinking Feeling -- Chapter 2: It's a Sailor's Life for Me -- Chapter 3: Maiden Voyage -- Chapter 4: Hunted Down -- Chapter 5: Pit of Despair -- Chapter 6: Seafood Slaves -- Chapter 7: Rules of Engagement -- Chapter 8: Mother Ship -- Chapter 9: Slaughter -- Chapter 10: A Captain's Duty -- Chapter 11: Son of a Pig -- Chapter 12: The Humanitarian -- Chapter 13: In Arrears -- Chapter 14: The Lady Pirate Chapter 15: 'Project Benedict' -- Chapter 16: 'Captain Birdseye' -- Chapter 17: The Gentleman Amateur -- Chapter 18: A Lead-Lined Suitcase -- Chapter 19: 'Not in My Children's Children's Lifetime' -- Chapter 20: Men of Honour -- Chapter 21: Bandit Country -- Chapter 22: Homecoming -- Chapter 23: Ocean Swell -- Chapter 24: Delivery Problems -- Chapter 25: Rat Curry -- Chapter 26: The Odd Couple -- Chapter 27: Pirate Conference Call -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements -- Plates -- Copyright -- Prologue.
• Publisher Details: London : Icon Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (181 pages)
• Subjects: 364.16/4; Hijacking of ships -- Somalia -- 21st century; Hostage negotiations -- Somalia; Ransom -- Somalia; Pirates -- Somalia; Rescues; Piraterie maritime -- Somalie -- 21e siècle; Négociations pour la libération d'otages -- Somalie; Rançon -- Somalie; Pirates -- Somalie; Sauvetages; Hijacking of ships; Hostage negotiations; Pirates; Ransom; Rescues; Somalia
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1785787039; 9781785787034
• Related ISBNs: 1785787020; 9781785787027
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 02, 2021).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.