TY - BOOK AU - Todd,Cliff TI - Explosive: bringing the world's deadliest bombers to justice SN - 9781472278999 (pbk.) : AV - HV8079.B62 U1 - 363.2594 TOD 23 PY - 2022/// CY - London PB - Headline KW - Todd, Cliff. KW - Forensic Explosives Laboratory (Great Britain) KW - Forensic sciences KW - Great Britain KW - Bombing investigation KW - Crime KW - eflch KW - True Crime KW - ukslc KW - Autobiography: historical, political & military KW - thema KW - True war & combat stories KW - Social services & welfare, criminology KW - Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare N1 - Includes index N2 - 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 ER -