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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.

Title
The World's First SWAT Team : W. E. Fairbairn and the Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit / Leroy Thompson ; INTRODUCTION BY Charles D. Melson.
Author
Thompson, Leroy, 1944-
Publication
LONDON : FRONTLINE BOOKS, [2012]

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Additional Authors
Melson, Charles D.
Description
xiii, 210 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
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.
Subject
  • China > Shanghai
  • Crime
  • Police > Shanghai
  • Police
  • Polizei
  • Schanghai
  • Spezialeinheit
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Special weapons and tactics : a Fairbarin legacy / Charles D. Melson -- Life in the international settlement -- Rising crime and riots : the need for a reserve unit -- The Shanghai Municipal Police Reserve Unit -- SMP weapons and weapons training -- The Shanghai Volunteer Corps and the Reserve Unit -- U.S. Marines, Fairbairn, and the Shanghai Police -- Legacy of W.E. Fairbairn and the SMP Reserve Unit.
ISBN
  • 9781848326040
  • 1848326041
LCCN
2012406812
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries