A history of the United States Army during the time it served as the vanguard of western expansion and a description of its uniforms and equipment in the late nineteenth century. Each volume in this ongoing series combines detailed and informative captions with over 100 rare and unusual images. These books are a must for anyone interested in American military uniforms.
#374561 in Books 2015-08-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x 1.70 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 1849352151592 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerThank you for this book ...1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy M.JVIP BOOK!!!!2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The definitive text on the history politics of policing in this country!By David BlivenEasily one of my favorite books; this updated edition adds over a hundred pages from the original version. This 2d edition was written just as Black Lives Matter was launching. This book is simply the definitive text on the history of policing in this country. 5 quotes to peak your interest: (1) "the police use violence (546;000 times in 2005) nine times as often as they face it (57;546 times that year). (2) the police kill almost seven times as often as they are killed. The fact is; the police produce far more casualties than they suffer. (3) Between 1961 and 2012; 3;847 cops were murdered and 2;946 died in accidents—averaging about 75 murders and 58 fatal accidents in a typical year. . . . But let’s also remember that there were 4;383 fatal work injuries in 2012. (4) [From their founding] The police served the interests of political machines in three key ways: police jobs served as rewards for supporters; police controlled the elections; and police regulated illicit businesses; deciding which would be allowed to operate and under what conditions. (5) Organized police forces only emerged when traditional; informal; or community-maintained means of social control broke down. This breakdown was in each case prompted by a larger social change; often a change that some part of the community resisted with violence; such as the creation of a national state; colonization; or the enslavement of a subject people. 114 It is at the point where authority is met with resistance that the organized application of force becomes necessary."
