Steve Smith

Broschiertes Buch

82nd Airborne

Normandy 1944

Beschreibung

Photographs old and new reconstruct the intense action in Normandy involving the 82nd Airborne division, providing a vivid comparison between then and now.

Autor

Stephen Smith, a veteran of over a thousand armed operations during his twenty-two years with the Metropolitan Police specialist firearms command, was born in south London in 1960. He joined the Met at nineteen and after twelve years in uniform passed selection for PT17, the Mets firearms unit, where he was selected to work on the specialist firearms teams, experiencing firsthand the explosive and controversial world of police firearms operations. Between operational postings, Stephen has taught most aspects of armed policing. He left the Met in 2013 after 33 years service and now instructs firearms and tactics with a non-Home Office police force. Stephen Smith recently featured on Channel 5, in the four-part documentary series Armed and Dangerous and previously HBO's Secrets of New Scotland Yard. He has also advised on numerous films and TV police dramas.

Produktdetails

• Past & Present
• Verlag: Casemate Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 185mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 214g
• ISBN-13: 9781612005362
• ISBN-10: 1612005365
• Artikelnr.: 47776415