London's armed police

London's armed police

Contents: Preface 1. The early years 2. Bombs and burglaries 3. Arming the police 4. Whistles, truncheons and cutlasses 5. Firearms training 6. The Tottenham outrage 7. The siege of Sydney Street 8. The `Evilly disposed' 9. The turbulent twenties 10. The thirties 11. The Second World War 12. Post-war violence 13. Chelsea to Epping Forest 14. A firearms wing 15. Rafles and raids 16. Bodyguards and bombs 17. Sieges and outrages 18. Shotguns and pike drill 19. Into the eighties 20. Submachine guns and gas 21. A new era Postscript Select bibliography Appendices Index

Gould Robert W & Waldren Michael J

Arms and Armour 1986 pp. 222

SR P 200