14th Light Dragoons
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Baton Charge
Baton Rounds
Bishop's Palace
Bossenden Wood
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Bow Street
British social conflict
Broadwater Farm Estate
Captain Barker
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Chief Constable
civil
civil unrest response
constables
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Firemen
gordon
historical analysis of civil disorder
IRA Attack
John Frost
law enforcement history
Mr Gill
Mr Scargill
Plug Plot Riots
Police Forces
police military relations
public order maintenance
riot
Riot Act
riot control tactics
riots
SAS Regiment
South Staffordshire Regiment
special
Special Constables
St George's Fields
street
Ulster Special Constabulary
Westminster Police Bill
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781138930292
- Weight: 362g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The military is supposed to stand aside from British society. This book illustrates that from the earliest times the British have relied on the military for the preservation of law and order. The creation of the professional police force in Britain habitually met with the stiffest opposition, and even after it came into existence in the 19th century, the military were still called in to suppress civilian disorders, often admidst the confusion and clumsiness tht led to incidents such as the notorious ‘Peterloo massacre’. In the 20th century, the unarmed police had to come more used to dealing with riots, several of which are here discussed in meticulously researched detail.
