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1) Saint Jack
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
Jack Flowers, saint or sinner, found a new lease of life when he jumped off the Allegro in the Straits of Malacca, caught a passing bumboat to Singapore and got a job as a water-clerk to a Chinese ship-chandler. Soon he executed a brilliant idea, which resulted in his fame throughout the Far East - in a storm he sailed a boatload of bar-girls out to a freighter, where they spent the day with the lonely sailors. But Jack's story is much more than a...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Description
"The United States has by far the most powerful naval fleet in the world. Other nations are not even trying to keep up. This has enabled America to stand sentinel over crucial waterways like the Strait of Malacca, ensuring safe passage of goods with little interruption. But we are entering a new era. What will happen if the US does not keep spending resources on improving trade between other nations? Will China's rising economic influence and regional...
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