Ports, Piracy and Maritime War

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importance than hitherto acknowledged.Nevertheless, it is my hope that this book will contribute to an understanding of the phenomenon that is piracy, how it emerges, what causes it, what its mechanisms are, how it is perceived by victims, governments and the pirates themselves and, lastly, how one prevents it.I owe a debt of gratitude to a number of people and institutions.Firstly, I would like to thank the Danish Research Council for Culture and Communication (FKK) for funding this research.Throughout the course of the writing of the dissertation which eventually became this book, I have relied on the advice and support of several people.First and foremost I would like to thank my supervisor, Nils Hybel, who during my studies at the University of Copenhagen has always given me very sound advice, while granting me the freedom to pursue my own research interests.His longstanding confijidence in my abilities has been a source of real solace.I would also like to thank Michael H. Gelting with whom I have spent many inspirational nights discussing topics of medieval history.I would especially like to thank him for his invaluable assistance in transcribing various documents for this book.Needless to say, any errors in the transcriptions are completely my own.I would also like to thank the evaluation board of my dissertation and especially the chairman, Vincent Gabrielsen.During the preparation of this book, Gabrielsen offfered very sound and valuable advice on how to understand and treat pirates and piracy in a theoretical perspective.His advice has much improved that part of my analysis.Marcella Mulder and Marjolein Schaake at Brill should also be thanked for guiding

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