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European counter-terrorist units 1972-2017 / Leigh Neville ; illustrated by Adam Hook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neville, Leigh, author.
- Series:
- Elite series ; 220.
- Elite ; 220
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--Europe--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (65 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Osprey Publishing, 2017.
- Summary:
- The Munich Olympics massacre in 1972 was a shock awakening to the public. In the decades since, European countries have faced a wide range of threats from Palestinian and home-grown terrorists, to the more recent world-wide jihadists. The threats they pose are widespread from aircraft hi-jacking and political assassinations to urban warfare against security forces, and murderous attacks on civilian crowd targets, forcing governments have had to invest ever-greater efforts in countering these threats. This book traces the evolution of police (and associated military) counter-terrorist forces across Europe over the past 45 years. Using specially commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs, it details their organization, missions, specialist equipment, and their growing cross-border co-operation.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 17, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 9781472825285
- 1472825284
- 9781472825292
- 1472825292
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