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Interpol
A book about the international battle against crime and the role of Interpol.
432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published December 16, 1997
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Fenton Bresler
29 books1 followerFenton Bresler was a barrister, newspaper columnist, television pundit and author of many books, including biographies of the Belgian novelist Georges Simenon and the judge Lord Goddard. Bresler was educated at the local grammar school, the Sorbonne in Paris and King's College, London, before being called to the bar in 1951.
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October 4, 2016
I started this book knowing only the bare basics of Interpol. I knew it meant International Police, and I knew that when an officer in a crime show needed to find out more about some fingerprints they found or a criminal they caught, they'd get info from FBI, CIA and Interpol. And crime shows aren't exactly the best source of reliable information regarding these things.
When the book first started with a history lesson-a huge one as it turned out-I didn't know how interested I'd be in the book. Yes, at times the history got a bit dull, and the timeline was a bit wonky, skipping around the place, but even so, all the information given was interesting. I was personally the most interested in Interpol in WWII and how Interpol reacted to the uprising of terrorism (uprising is probably not the best word to use), and the digitalization of information.
But while the frankly gigantic history lesson was interesting, what I personally liked the most were the anecdotes and little snippets of cases given through-out the book and specifically to the second half. Here, Interpol examined different areas of crime and how Interpol (and to be fair, the individual countries themselves) acted when a crime was commited and how efficient they were.
A fair warning: the part where human trafficking/human slavery is talked about, both angered and saddened me. It also definitely made me want to look up more information concerning these subjects.
The only reason I gave this book four stars, was because at times it was a bit of a drag to go through and there were so many names thrown around especially during the first half of the book (the history) that I got names mixed up more than once. Other than that, an excellent and very interesting read!
When the book first started with a history lesson-a huge one as it turned out-I didn't know how interested I'd be in the book. Yes, at times the history got a bit dull, and the timeline was a bit wonky, skipping around the place, but even so, all the information given was interesting. I was personally the most interested in Interpol in WWII and how Interpol reacted to the uprising of terrorism (uprising is probably not the best word to use), and the digitalization of information.
But while the frankly gigantic history lesson was interesting, what I personally liked the most were the anecdotes and little snippets of cases given through-out the book and specifically to the second half. Here, Interpol examined different areas of crime and how Interpol (and to be fair, the individual countries themselves) acted when a crime was commited and how efficient they were.
A fair warning: the part where human trafficking/human slavery is talked about, both angered and saddened me. It also definitely made me want to look up more information concerning these subjects.
The only reason I gave this book four stars, was because at times it was a bit of a drag to go through and there were so many names thrown around especially during the first half of the book (the history) that I got names mixed up more than once. Other than that, an excellent and very interesting read!
July 13, 2015
- Bresler, a distinguished British criminologist, has written a very detailed, interesting account of the history of the very unique organization that is Interpol
- many dozens of fascinating, true cases
- I like that it includes both successes and failures
- many dozens of fascinating, true cases
- I like that it includes both successes and failures
May 8, 2014
The Story of the Creation of the World" Police" force or at least the idea of a force that somehow coordinated the work and interest of police forces around the world. A nice compact and thorough history, worth it simple as a reference book, a putting of things in context.
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