Clive Emsley is Emeritus Professor of History at the Open University, UK. He was President of the International Association for the History of Crime and Criminal Justice for 10 years. His books include Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 (4th edition, 2010), Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1999) and The English Police: A Political and Social History (1996).
As one might expect with Clive, this is no dry academic study but a lively account of a previously unrecorded aspect of British police history. * Police History Society Newsletter * A rare example of detailed scholarship, lively text, and the uncovering of a very under-researched aspect of British policing. This is the culmination of a long period of archival digging, and has the usual Emsley hallmark of quality: diligent research, expansive and innovative theories, and some wonderfully interesting contemporary quotes from the archives to illustrate his points. A great read. * Barry Godfrey, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Liverpool, UK * In Exporting British Policing, Clive Emsley, our foremost historian of the British Bobby, gives us a fascinating and meticulously researched account of the work of Civil Affairs and Special Investigation Branch officers during the Second World War. Deftly told, his book sheds light on a vital element of the Allied military element and on some of the less salubrious chapters of Britain's war. * Alan Allport, Associate Professor of History, Syracuse University, USA *