Policing Interwar Europe Continuity, Change and Crisis, 1918-40 [Hardcover]

In the convulsive environment that followed World War I and the Russian Revolution, the issues of policing and public order were of primary importance to the various governments of Interwar Europe. The book features original research on 10 different countries and will be vitally useful for students and academics of 20th century Europe.Introduction: Policing Interwar Europe; Gerald Blaney, Jr. The Difficult Construction of a 'Republican' Police: The Experience of the French Third Republic; Jean-Marc Berli?re Keeping Order in Republican Spain, 1931-36; Gerald Blaney, Jr. Prussian Police Reform and the Modernization of the Academy Classroom: The Advent of the German Police Training Film 1919-20; Sara F. Hall Guardians of the Republic? Portugal's Guarda Nacional Republicana and the Politicians during the 'New Old Republic', 1919-22; Stewart Lloyd-Jones & Diego Palacios Cerezales Mussolini's Policemen, 1922-43; Jonathan Dunnage Police, Republic and Nation: The Czechoslovak State Police and the Building of a Multinational Democracy, 1918-25; Samuel Ronsin Police and Policing under the Second Polish Republic, 1918-39; Andrzej Misiuk Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Revisited: Policing Interwar Bulgaria; Dimcho N. Dimov Turbulent Times: The Dutch Police between the Two World Wars; Jos Smeets Traffic, Telephones and Police Boxes: The Deterioration of Beat Policing in Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester between the World Wars; Joanne Klein

'This is a fascinating and important collection. Police forces can easily be torn between their role as protector of the state and protector of the citizen - and, perhaps, this was never more the case than in Europe during the inter-war period. The essays here draw attention to the complexities within police institutions, the rivalries between such institutions, and their relationships with states and citizens. Geographically, the range is impressive, with refreshing explorations of central as well as western Europe. The collection willló?