A Force Like No Other: The Real Stories of the RUC Man and Women Who Policed the Troubles - Couverture souple

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Breen, Colin

 
9780856409721: A Force Like No Other: The Real Stories of the RUC Man and Women Who Policed the Troubles
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ISBN 10 : 0856409723 ISBN 13 : 9780856409721
Editeur : Blackstaff Press Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

In 1983, Interpol named Northern Ireland the most dangerous place in the world to be a police officer.

In 1968, the RUC was catapulted into the Troubles. Bombs, death threats and murder became a regular part of the day job. Working right at the heart of the conflict, police officers were often caught in the middle - heroes to some, villains to others.

Now, for the first time, the men and women who policed the Troubles tell their own stories in their own words. Covering all aspects of police work, from handling informants and conducting interviews with notorious criminals to dealing with the aftermath of tragic bombings, these candid, moving and sometimes blackly comic stories show the unpredictable, brutal and surreal world in which the RUC operated.

As a former police officer, Colin Breen has unparalleled access to former RUC, Special Branch and CID officers who have never spoken out before. Their stories reveal the mayhem and madness that officers dealt with every day; the psychological and personal toll of the job; and the camaraderie and the whiskey that helped them to cope.

Raw, unsettling and frank, A Force Like No Other tells the real story of the RUC.

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À propos de l?auteur

COLIN BREEN is a freelance journalist, screenwriter and broadcaster. He has written extensively for the Belfast Telegraph, Sunday Life and Herald Dublin amongst others, and is a regular commentator on local and national radio, television and BBC World Service. The former businessman also served in the RUC, based in Belfast for over 14 years at the height of the Troubles. Having just finished a three-part crime drama set in Belfast due for national broadcast he is now working on two documentaries one of which is based in the United States.

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Éditeur
Blackstaff Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0856409723
ISBN 13 
9780856409721
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1780732384 ISBN 13 :  9781780732381
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