Incluye índice

1. Introduction -- 2. Somalia: a failed state? -- 3. Somali piracy: 1989-2006 -- 4. Piracy and fishing -- 5.The principal piracy groups: 1996-2006 -- 6. The attack on the Seabourn Spirit and its consequences -- 7. A clan-based society -- 8. The Barre dictatorship and its aftermath -- 9. The rise and fall of the TNG and the rise of the TFG -- 10. Economic motivation for turmoil -- 11. Puntland: the piracy sanctuary -- 12. Somalia: without a government but not ungoverned -- 13. The growth of political Islam -- 14. The link to terrorism -- 15. The rise of the Islamic Courts Union -- 16. The ICU come to power -- 17. The ICU's fall -- 18. The return of the pirate gangs -- 19. The consequences of reward -- 20. Why piracy became so virulent: the political dimension -- 21. Why piracy became so profitable: the organizational dimension -- 22. Legal measures -- 23. The naval response -- 24. Somali piracy and terrorism -- 25. The further fall of a fallen state -- 26. Al-Shabaab and the growth of Islamism in southern Somalia -- 27. Somalia and Barbary -- 28. Conclusions.