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The world's first SWAT team : W.E. Fairbairn and the Shanghai municipal police reserve unit / Leroy Thompson ; introduction by Charles D. Melson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Leroy, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shanghai (China). Municipal Police.
- Shanghai (China).
- Police--China--Shanghai--History--20th century.
- Police.
- Shanghai (China : International Settlement).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley : Frontline, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In turbulent Shanghai in the years between the world wars, the International Settlement was a mercantile powerhouse that faced unrest. Adjoining the Settlement were the French Concession and the Chinese city, both hotbeds of intrigue and crime themselves. The Settlement relied on its police: the Shanghai Municipal Police.
- Contents:
- ""List of Illustrations""; ""List of Plates""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction Special Weapons and Tactics:A Fairbairn Legacy by Charles D. Melson""; ""Chapter 1 Life in the International Settlement""; ""Chapter 2 Rising Crime and Riots:The Need for a Reserve Unit""; ""Chapter 3 The Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit""; ""Chapter 4 SMP Weapons and Weapons Training""; ""Chapter 5 The Shanghai Volunteer Corpsand the Reserve Unit""; ""Chapter 6 U.S. Marines, Fairbairn, and theShanghai Police""; ""Chapter 7 Legacy of W. E. Fairbairn and theSMP Reserve Unit""
- ""References and Further Reading""""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78303-437-8
- 1-78303-435-1
- OCLC:
- 890981983
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