Douglas Burgess
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Douglas Burgess | |
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| Born | June 17, 1977 Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Moses Brown School McGill University (BA) Cornell University (JD) University of British Columbia (LLM) |
Douglas Burgess (born June 17, 1977) is an American author and historian specializing in maritime and legal history. He is credited as the first scholar to suggest a link between the definitions of
The Huffington Post and is currently a professor of history in Yeshiva University[1] and affiliated professor at Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law
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Early life and education
Burgess was born in
Quaker Friends at Moses Brown School
.
Burgess received a Ph.D. from Brown University
in 2009.
Piracy and terrorism
In 2003, Burgess wrote a dissertation arguing for the legal linkages between
counter-terrorism and the law
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Other published books include "The Pirates' Pact" (2005) and "Seize the Trident" (2003). Burgess has authored numerous articles for trade and scholarly journals, and one piece of fiction—a mystery set in
The Huffington Post
.
Publications
- Fogland Point (Poisoned Pen Press, 2018)
- "Engines of Empire: Steamships and the Victorian Imagination" (Stanford University Press, 2016).
- Night's Colony (Curiosity Quills Press, 2015)
- The Hidden History of Crime, Corruption and States", ed. Renate Bridenthal (Berghahn Books, 2012)
- "The World for Ransom: Piracy is Terrorism, Terrorism is Piracy"(Prometheus Books, 2010).
- "The Pirates' Pact: The Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial America"(McGraw-Hill, 2008).
- "Seize the Trident: The Race for Superliner Supremacy and How It Altered the Great War"(McGraw-Hill, 2005).
References
- ^ "Douglas Burgess | Yeshiva University". Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Douglas Burgess - The Dread Pirate Bin Laden". Legal Affairs. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ Burgess, Douglas R. Jr. (2008-12-05). "Douglas Burgess - Piracy is Terrorism". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
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