Explosive : bringing the world's deadliest bombers to justice /
by Todd, Cliff.
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BookPublisher: London : Headline, 2022Description: 339 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781472278999 (pbk.) :; 1472278992 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 363.2594 TODSubject(s): Todd, Cliff | Forensic Explosives Laboratory (Great Britain) | Forensic sciences -- Great Britain | Bombing investigation -- Great Britain | Crime | True Crime | Autobiography: historical, political & military | True war & combat stories | Social services & welfare, criminology | Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfareSummary: This is life at the front line, or fractionally behind it, of an explosive expert who played a pivotal role in the investigation of the most significant bombings in mainland Britain and elsewhere during the course of three turbulent decades. For 15 years, Cliff Todd was the principal forensic investigator at the UK's Forensic Explosives Laboratory, a clandestine agency whose role is to support the police and the security services in their investigations into bombings of any kind - whether it be the IRA, ISIS, or political extremists. Here he lifts the lid on his specialist world, guiding us through the process by which he and his colleagues worked out how bombs were built, what made them unique, and which clues led to their creators.
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| 363.2336 ROU Missing | 363.2509 ADD The interceptor | 363.2509 MON Hearts of darkness : serial killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and my life as a a woman in the FBI / | 363.2594 TOD Explosive : bringing the world's deadliest bombers to justice / | 363.2595 BEN Murderous methods: | 363.2595 HAD My girl : the Babes in the Wood murders - a mother's fight for justice / | 363.2595 WIL A good month for murder : the inside story of a homicide squad / |
Includes index.
This is life at the front line, or fractionally behind it, of an explosive expert who played a pivotal role in the investigation of the most significant bombings in mainland Britain and elsewhere during the course of three turbulent decades. For 15 years, Cliff Todd was the principal forensic investigator at the UK's Forensic Explosives Laboratory, a clandestine agency whose role is to support the police and the security services in their investigations into bombings of any kind - whether it be the IRA, ISIS, or political extremists. Here he lifts the lid on his specialist world, guiding us through the process by which he and his colleagues worked out how bombs were built, what made them unique, and which clues led to their creators.
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