Download or read book Somalia, the New Barbary? written by Martin N. Murphy and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somali piracy has been linked repeatedly to the spectre of Barbary. This book examines whether or not state failure is a useful and accurate explanation for Somali piracy and if violent Islamism could exploit what the pirates have achieved for their own ends.