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This is the first complete history of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police from its formation in 1883 to its demise in 2006, when it was subsumed into the Counter Terrorism Command of the Metropolitan Police Service.The first Special Branch was set up as the 'Special Irish Branch' to combat the threat posed by the Irish Republican Brotherhood. From there its early role broadened to include tackling the suffragettes, anarchists and Bolsheviks, as well as more peaceful responsibilities like naturalisation, VIP protection and port controls.A unique feature of the Special Branch was its role within the intelligence community, sitting somewhere between the secret service, with whom it maintained close ties, and the police's anti-terrorism functions. Special Branch would generally be deployed to arrest suspected spies. MI5 having no jurisdiction to do so.The book details some of the most fascinating espionage stories from the Branch's long history, including how it was used to counter the rise of British fascism before the war. It deals with the rivalry between Special Branch and MI5 which ended with the latter eventually wresting back primacy in the investigation of Irish republican terrorism on mainland Britain from the former.

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• Plný název: Special Branch
• Podnázev: The History: 1883-2006
• Autor: Ray Wilson, Ian Adams
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 402
• EAN: 9781849549103
• ISBN: 1849549109
• ID: 09264795
• Nakladatelství: Biteback Publishing
• Hmotnost: 702 g
• Rozměry: 165 × 241 × 39 mm
• Datum vydání: 31. July 2015

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