Book Review – The Police in War: Fighting Insurgency, Terrorism, and Violent Crime

Authors

  • John P. Sullivan University of Southern California, Safe Communities Institute

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56331/04192024

Keywords:

conflict, counterinsurgency (COIN), counterterrorism, expeditionary policing, post-conflict policing, stability policing

Abstract

Book: David H. Bayley and John M. Perito, The Police in War: Fighting Insurgency, Terrorism, and Violent Crime (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010). ISBN: 9781588267290 (hardcover); 978162378292 (ebook)

Author Biography

John P. Sullivan, University of Southern California, Safe Communities Institute

Dr. Sullivan is an honorably retired Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department lieutenant,

specializing in emergency operations, transit policing, counterterrorism, and intelligence. He is

currently an instructor in the Safe Communities Institute at the Sol Price School of Public

Policy, University of Southern California. He holds a bachelor’s in Government from the

College of William and Mary, a master’s in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis from the New

School for Social Research, and a PhD from the Open University of Catalonia

References

[i] See, for example, Sylvain Vité, “Typology of armed conflicts in international humanitarian law: legal concepts and actual situations,” International Review of the Red Cross 91, no. 873 (March 2009):69-94, https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/other/irrc-873-vite.pdf.

[ii] Robert M. Perito, Where is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him? America’s Search for a Postconflict Stability Force (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2004); Perito discusses the four case studies in Where is the Lone Ranger *Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan) in “Where is the Lone ranger? Questions and Answers with the Author (Robert M. Perito), United States Institute of Peace, No Date, https://www.usip.org/publications/questions-and-answers-robert-m-perito.

[iii] The Hon Lord Patten, Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland. “A New Beginning: Policing in Norther Ireland;” The Report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland (The Patten Report)” September 1999, https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/issues/police/patten/patten99.pdf.

[iv] See, for example, John P. Sullivan, “The Missing Mission: Expeditionary Police for Peacekeeping and Transnational Stability, Small Wars Journal, May 9, 2007, https://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/the-missing-mission-expeditionary-police-for-peacekeeping-and-transnational-stability.

Published

2024-04-19

How to Cite

Sullivan, John P. 2024. “Book Review – The Police in War: Fighting Insurgency, Terrorism, and Violent Crime”. International Journal of Police Science (IJPS) 3 (1). https://doi.org/10.56331/04192024.

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Section

Book Reviews