1st Edition

The Road to Balcombe Street The IRA Reign of Terror in London

Edited By Steve Moysey Copyright 2007
314 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

The Road to Balcombe Street: The IRA Reign of Terror in London is the highly detailed account and analysis of law enforcement negotiation lessons learned from the infamous hostage standoff between the London Metropolitan Police (the Met) and four members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the winter of 1975. With eye-witness and first-hand testimony, this book examines the events... Read more
  • PART I
  • Foreword (Lord Peter Imbert)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Background to the 1974-1975 London ASU Campaign
  • Chapter 2. Phase One
  • Chapter 3. Phase Two
  • Chapter 4. December 6th, 1975
  • PART II
  • Chapter 5. The Siege, December 7th-12th, 1975
  • Chapter 6. Post Siege Events
  • Chapter 7. Observations on the Balcombe Street Siege
  • Chapter 8. Postscript
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Steven P. Moysey, PhD