Ebook: European Counter-Terrorist Units 19722017
Author: Neville Leigh, Hook Adam
- Tags: International police, Police--Special weapons and tactics units, Security International, Security International--Europe--20th century, Security International--Europe--21st century, Terrorism--Europe--Prevention--20th century, Terrorism--Europe--Prevention--21st century, Terrorism--Prevention, Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy, Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--Europe--20th century, Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy--Europe--21st century, Terrorism--Prevention--International coopera
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Language: English
- epub
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.