The Garda Siochana: Policing Independent Ireland, 1922-82

by Gregory Allen

A detailed history of the Garda Siochana, covering its first sixty years, written by a serving member of the Gardai. The book deals with recruitment, living and working conditions, the growth and increasing sophistication of crime and the role that the Gardi have played as an unarmed, disciplined and legitimate defender of public order.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717128474
• ISBN13: 9780717128471
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Gill & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.