{"product_id":"9780965429511","title":"The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime by Langewiesche, William (2005) Paperback - Langewiesche, William","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime by Langewiesche, William (2005) Paperback\u003c\/u\u003e by Langewiesche, William\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe open ocean--that vast expanse of international waters--spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natural and manmade. And at a time when every last patch of land is claimed by one government or another, it is a place that remains radically free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u2028\u003cp\u003eWith typically understated lyricism, William Langewiesche explores this ocean world and the enterprises--licit and illicit--that flourish in the privacy afforded by its horizons. But its efficiencies are accompanied by global problems--shipwrecks and pollution, the hard lives and deaths of the crews of the gargantuan ships, and the growth of two pathogens: a modern and sophisticated strain of piracy and its close cousin, the maritime form of the new stateless terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u2028\u003cp\u003eThis is the outlaw sea that Langewiesche brings startlingly into view. The ocean is our world, he reminds us, and it is wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004","offers":[{"title":"The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime by Langewiesche, William (2005) Paperback \/ Very Good","offer_id":54064882352420,"sku":"9780965429511VG","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime by Langewiesche, William (2005) Paperback \/ Good","offer_id":50468798333220,"sku":"9780965429511GD","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_2e5d7dbb-36a4-4f37-856c-edceefc6af26.jpg?v=1781790567","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9780965429511","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}