758 Book Reviews earlier. And while Uykur sets his piracy discussion off the coast of Somalia, his thoughts echo earlier contributions that suggest more needs to be done and he then posits the question, but who shall do it. The impressive collection of remarks, discussions and papers, is rounded out with two short summaries highlighting the issues touched on by confer- ence participants and the many tensions between competing objectives that merit ongoing analysis. While few people are likely to digest the entirety of the book, many different readers can benefit from its various components. Those interested in contemporary depictions of various LOS issues will find it helpful as will LOS students and scholars who want to examine the evolution of international law and geopolitics reflected in a multitude of LOS issues. Others may find arguments to which they would like to respond. And for those who prefer visual summaries to feed their LOS appetites, the book also refers to numerous Web accessible slide shows (http://www.virginia.edu/ colp/pdf/). John Duff, J.D., LL.M. Associate Professor School of the Environment University of Massachusetts/Boston

Holger Pils and Karolina Kühn, eds., Elisabeth Mann Borgese und das Drama der Meere (Lübeck: Buddenbrookhaus, mareverlag, und Autoren, 2012), 266 pp.

In February 2002, Elisabeth Mann Borgese, daughter of the world-famous German writer and one of the truly remarkable women of the 20th century passed away far too early. Ten years after her death the Buddenbrookhaus in Lübeck, , an institution dedicated to the legacy not only of her renowned father, but of her entire family, in cooperation with GEOMAR, Centre for Ocean Exploration in the city of Kiel, organized a highly interesting exhibition about her exciting life and achievements as well as her message to posterity. The curators, Holger Pils and Karolina Kühn, have laid a solid scientific basis for this exhibition taking into account sources available in and showing hitherto unknown pictures and documents. The aim of the exhibition, which is also being shown in other German cities, in the “Literaturhaus” in from 6 March to 2 June 2013, is to present the work of Elisabeth Mann Borgese and her legacy against the background of her biog- raphy and of contemporary history. Book Reviews 759

The excellent book, entitled Elisabeth Mann Borgese und das Drama der Meere [Elisabeth Mann Borgese and the Drama of the Oceans], edited by the curators and published by mareverlag in connection with this exhibition con- tains a large number of contributions by personalities who worked or had close personal relations with Elisabeth. The book, mostly written in German, provides a comprehensive and fascinating overview of her personal and pro- fessional life and describes in quite some detail her untiring efforts in a variety of fields, with the oceans occupying a special place. It also contains the texts of a lecture by Elisabeth and of one of her interviews, allowing for profound insights into her thinking and her lifelong fight for a better world. The articles by the contributors have been grouped in three Chapters: Family and Literature, Politics and the Oceans, Personal and Literary Reminiscences. The book further contains the most comprehensive bibliogra- phy so far of Elisabeth Mann Borgese’s writings as well as a chronology of her life. It is also richly illustrated with photographs depicting her at various stages of her life, showing her with family members, high-ranking personalities, at international conferences, in private settings, on a trip to India, etc. A constant thread running through all of the articles, some of which partly overlap, is the conclusion that meeting with Elisabeth was always most enriching and plea- surable, which I can confirm from personal experience. In view of the great wealth of information contained in the book it would go beyond the scope of this brief review to deal in detail with the content of all of the articles by the various authors. I will therefore concentrate on some aspects of Elisabeth’s personal life as well as those topics which in my view have most contributed to the great acclaim she has witnessed during her lifetime and which constitute her principal legacy. It was the sea that had already played a central role in the literary work of Thomas Mann and turned out to be a true vocation for his youngest daughter who originally had the ambition of becoming a concert pianist. Her father, who had built a summer house on the Baltic Sea in Lithuania, instilled a deep love for the seas in little Elisabeth, who in later life would enjoy looking at the Atlantic Ocean from her house at Sambro Head, near Halifax, Canada. It is thus perhaps not completely surprising that Elisabeth would become the initiator of the Pacem in Maribus (Peace of the Seas) Conferences, beginning in the 1970s, the founder of the International Ocean Institute in in 1972, a delegate to the Third Conference on the Law of the Sea, from 1973 to 1982, a professor of political science at in Halifax and an author of several books, including her well-known work The Drama of the Oceans. I had the privilege and good fortune of getting to know Elisabeth Mann Borgese well when she was a member of the Austrian delegation to the Third