The Origins of the Vigilant State

The London Metropolitan Police Special Branch Before the First World War

• Author(s): Bernard Porter,
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 085115283X
  ISBN_13: 9780851152837
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Modern / General , Political Science / Law Enforcement ,

Description:... The Special Branch of the London Metropolitan Police has been a hidden but important part of Britain's political life for a hundred years. Opinions on its role have varied between those who saw it as protecting Britain from terrorism, revolution or worse and those who regarded the Special Branch as a threat to Britain's civil liberties. The truth has never been easy to establish, mainly due to the obsessive secrecy of the Branch.