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5.0 out of 5 stars
Two thumbs firmly up!, 23 Feb 2006
By A Customer
This review is from: Armed Response: Inside SO19, Scotland Yard's Elite Armed Response Unit (Paperback)
Not long ago, a next-door-but-one neighbour of mine was cautioned for discharging a shotgun in his back garden. The response speed of the police ARVs and the cool competence with which they did their job greatly impressed me, and I became interested in finding out more about armed police work and the armed response units in general. I found Roger Gray’s book to be not only truly gripping in its approach and its rich store of anecdotes taken from the author’s own experience in the field, but also hugely informative and a very thorough guide to both the history and the current state of the armed police force as a whole, particularly in the case of the new material on the London July bombings and the “chair-leg shotgun” misadventure. Mr Gray is clearly not just a very accomplished storyteller but also an historian of considerable merit; what he has produced is both a very solid piece of modern history and a truly entertaining read. Two thumbs firmly up!
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Armed Response, 1 Oct 2005
This review is from: Armed Response: Inside SO19, Scotland Yard's Elite Armed Response Unit (Paperback)
Be very carefull before you buy this book!!!!!!!!! This is the exact same book as the Trojan Files, released by the same author!!!!! just under a differant title and look!! I have been caught out and now have two books the same, with different titles!!! Dont be caught out. Thankyou very much Roger Gray!!!
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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Same as the Trojan Files!, 14 Oct 2005
This review is from: Armed Response: Inside SO19, Scotland Yard's Elite Armed Response Unit (Paperback)
I read the trojan files around a year ago, and really enjoyed it, so when I popped onto Amazon the other day and spotted a new book by Roger Gray I snapped it up straight away. It was only a day later when I saw another persons review that I realised that I had infact bought the Trojan Files with a different cover. I was really disappointed, and have just sent it back!
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