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Between the devil and the deep blue sea : the mission to rescue the hostages the world forgot / Colin Freeman.

During the peak of the Somali piracy crisis, three ships - from Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan - were hijacked and then abandoned to their fate by their employers, who lacked the money to pay ransoms. All would still be there, were it not for Colonel John Steed, a retired British military attache, who launched his own private mission to free them. At 65, Colonel Steed was hardly an ideal saviour. With no experience in hostage negotiations and no money behind him, he had to raise the ransom cash from scratch, running the operation from his spare room and ferrying million-dollar ransom payments around in the boot of his car.

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C9009062481 LP 364.1 FRE
Large print   City Branch . . Available .  
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Field name Details
ISBN 9781004052035
Dewey 364.1
Author Freeman, Colin author.
Title Between the devil and the deep blue sea : the mission to rescue the hostages the world forgot / Colin Freeman.
Edition Large print edition.
Published Rearsby, Leicester : WF Howes Ltd, 2021.
Physical description xxviii, 319 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Summary During the peak of the Somali piracy crisis, three ships - from Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan - were hijacked and then abandoned to their fate by their employers, who lacked the money to pay ransoms. All would still be there, were it not for Colonel John Steed, a retired British military attache, who launched his own private mission to free them. At 65, Colonel Steed was hardly an ideal saviour. With no experience in hostage negotiations and no money behind him, he had to raise the ransom cash from scratch, running the operation from his spare room and ferrying million-dollar ransom payments around in the boot of his car.
Subject Steed, John
Hijacking of ships -- Somalia
Hostage negotiations -- Somalia
Pirates -- Somalia
Ransom -- Somalia
Rescues
Large type books
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