Understanding Modern Maritime Piracy: A Complex Adaptive System Approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781511658225)

Maritime piracy has long-standing history throughout the world and, while tactics have changed, the basic criminal act and motives behind it haveremained the same over time. Modem maritime pirate organizations 11tC composed primarily of members of clans and tribes that operate asdecentralized organizations and exhibit characteristics of complex adaptive systems. Understanding the behavior of these organizations will aid inthe fight against maritime piracy. Connecting the behaviors of pirate organizations to complexity theory, or more specifically, complex adaptivesystems, allows for the development of new approaches to com batting the problem of maritime piracy.

Author: Joint Forces Staff College
ISBN-10: 1511658223
ISBN-13: 9781511658225
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2015
Pages: 68
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.14d