{"product_id":"pirates-and-privateers","title":"Tom Bowling: Pirates and Privateers [2008] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Robert Louis Stevenson's \u003cem\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/em\u003e to Errol Flynn in \u003cem\u003eCaptain Blood\u003c\/em\u003e on to today's \u003cem\u003ePirates of the Caribbean\u003c\/em\u003e, the romantic image of pirates in modern Western popular culture has long been with us. But of course pirates come in many guises, and not all of them as charming as Johnny Depp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePirates are outlaws who move quickly, a form of lawlessness based on the application of immense short term power by mobile forces which fade away, similar to guerrilla warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePirates and Privateers\u003c\/em\u003e Tom Bowling offers a lively history of piracy, from ancient times through the 'privateers' such as Morgan, with their Letters of Marque (an early example of State-sponsored terrorism), to the still real and flourishing threat of contemporary pirates that patrol the less well-regulated shipping lanes of the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bowling, Tom","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47787957420371,"sku":"XV81842432310","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/bowling-tom-pirates-and-privateers-xv81842432310-54848170164563.jpg?v=1710099504","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/pirates-and-privateers","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}