Kirjahaku

Security issues are among the major neglected issues of ocean space. This book attempts to open the discussion of the legal and political aspects of these issues as they relate to the law of the sea. Contents: Introduction; Acknowledgements; Security Issues and the Law of the Sea: A General Framework; Security, Disarmament and the Law of the Sea; Law of the Sea and Anti-submarine Warfare: National Security versus Arms Control (co-authored with Peter Tarpgaard); Innocent, Transit and Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage; Naval Weaponry and the Law of the Sea; Law of the Sea and Maritime Strategy (co-authored with Michael W. Roth); United States Interest in the Arctic Region; National Security Aspects of the United States Extension of the Territorial Sea to Twelve Nautical Miles; Security Issues in the North Pacific; Conclusion; Appendices; Index.

This is the third book that follows "The Myth Of the Anal Probe", and Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear". In The Fat Lady Sings, the people of the planet Hale return to Earth and offer an ultimatum. Stop all forms of aggression and violence, or they will return in 1 year and obliterate Earth. Earthlings realize that at the end of that one year whoever is in control will rule the entire world for ever. All countries start to jockey for position, and push each other out of the way. It begins to look like either they will realize the futility of what they are trying to do for the sake of ultimate peace, or they will destroy the planet. It's a coin toss until the last chapter.

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The second installment of this saga of gangland lore follows gregarious gangster, Michael Hardy, further down his twisted criminal path. The Last Jewish Gangster, The Middle Years, starts in 1968 with Hardy sentenced to twelve years in the world's most dangerous prison in Mexico after taking the rap for his mother's counterfeiting scheme, hoping to have finally earned her love and respect.Once he's released from prison, Hardy returns to Brooklyn and tries to go straight, but drifts back into a world of crime. He gets Sammy "the Bull" Gravano to join his crew to pull major heists like kidnapping drug lords for million-dollar ransoms, and robbing cop bag men. To evade the law, he goes to Europe and ends up in Israel where he works on a Kibbutz, touching the hem of his Jewish heritage.Hardy devolves further into a gangster's life when he returns to Brooklyn, running a finger of the Mob's Five-Fingers International Car Theft Ring, participating in a stolen airline ticket scam, and doing fourteen hits for the Mob, still hoping his mother will take notice. When she gets busted for the car theft ring, she turns him in to reduce her time.Crushed by his mother's callous self-interest, Hardy ends up cutting a deal with Rudy Giuliani to nab a dirty cop to reduce his time and negotiate his place in the witness protection program. Relocating to LA under an alias, it doesn't take long for Hardy to land a gig as muscle for a Hollywood studio and meet his future wife, a sex worker who stole from his mother. The lines between love and revenge begin to blur.

"When it comes to gangsters, Michael Hardy's the real thing. I knew this godson of Bugsy Seigel for thirty-five years. This is a captivating and different kind of true-crime story, and I'm astounded David Larson captured his voice."-Nick Pileggi, author/screenwriter of Wise Guy/Goodfellas and Casino.In 1944 Brooklyn, newborn Michael J. Hardy is rejected by his mother so she can run with gangster Bugsy Siegel, Hardy's godfather. Shirley Rook quickly rose to the top of the criminal ranks. As the Queen of New York City crime, she laundered Mob money, ran the city's largest bookmaking operation, and handed payouts to dirty cops, politicians, and judges.To win his mother's love and respect, Hardy became a fearless gangster. Throughout his career as a criminal, he robbed banks and drug dealers alike, ran a finger of an international stolen car ring, kidnapped drug lords, and even became a hired gun. At his lowest, he ended up doing time for his mother's counterfeiting operation in Mexico's most dangerous prison.Hardy's criminal code of conduct combines elements of tough Ukrainian Jew and warm Southern Baptist, whether dealing with family and friends or fellow inmates during a combined twenty-six years spent in prisons and jails. He maintained this characteristic gregarious strength throughout his astonishing life in which Hardy was shot eleven times, committed fourteen hits for the Mob, twice wore wires for Rudy Giuliani to nab dirty cops, wrote a letter to JFK to get out of military prison, choked the Hillside Strangler, shared prison time with notorious criminals, and even spent ten years in Hollywood working as muscle for a B-studio, where he was even cast in non-speaking roles."A fascinating character study of an unapologetic criminal. David Larson masterfully weaves this tale in Michael Hardy's own words, resulting in a powerful, inside story of a gangster's life." -Cathy Scott, Los Angeles Times-bestselling author

On February 16th 2017 I cut the middle, and ring finger off my dominant hand, and rendered the index finger useless with a circular saw. This book is about coping with that loss and relearning things I had taken for granted since I was a child.