"Many peoples throughout history have fought pirates," writes
Alfred Bradford in Flying the Black Flag. "Some have lost and some
have won. We should learn from their experience." From
Odysseus--the original pirate of literature and lore--through
Blackbeard and the feared pirates of the Spanish Main, his book
reveals the strategies and methods pirates used to cheat, lie,
kill, and rob their way into the historical record, wreaking terror
in their bloody wakes. The story begins with a discussion of Piracy
and the Suppression of Piracy in the Ancient World. It details, for
example, how the Illyrians used pirate vessels to try to wrest
control of the Adriatic Coast from the mighty Romans, as well as
how the intrepid Vikings went from pirate raids to the conquest of
parts of Western Europe. Moving into the 17th century and to the
New World, Bradford depicts the golden age of the pirates. Here are
the Spanish Buccaneers and the fabled Caribbean stronghold of
Tortuga. Here are Henry Morgan, Captain Kidd, and their fearsome
counterparts. But piracy was hardly just a Western phenomenon. "The
Barbary Pirates" looks East to examine the struggle between
Christian and Muslim in the Mediterranean, while "To the Shores of
Tripoli" details the American conflict with the Barbary Pirates. It
reveals the lessons of a war conducted across a great distance
against a nebulous enemy, a war in which victory was achieved only
by going after the pirates' sponsor. On the South China Coast, we
meet the first Dragon Lady, leader of Chinese pirates. As
intriguing as these tales of the past are in and of themselves, the
stories and their swashbuckling villains hold lessons for us even
today. In "Conclusions andReflections," Bradford gathers all of the
chords together, discussing the conditions under which piracy
arises, the conditions under which pirates organize and become more
powerful, and the methods used to suppress piracy. Finally, he
examines similarities between pirates and terrorists--and whether
the lessons learned from the wars against pirates of the past might
also apply to modern day terrorists.
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