TY - BOOK AU - MAZOWER Mark (ed.) TI - The policing of politics in the twentieth century: historical perspectives SN - 1571818731 (hbk.): PY - 1997/// CY - Providence, R.I., USA PB - Berghahn Books KW - BRITISH EMPIRE KW - FRANCE KW - GERMANY KW - GREECE KW - ITALY KW - JAPAN KW - NORTHERN IRELAND KW - POLICE KW - POLITICAL CRIMES KW - POLITICAL POLICING KW - UNITED STATES N2 - A comparative historical analysis of the role of the police in monitoring dissent. Demonstrates how the police have been used in the past by regimes in Europe, the United States and the British Empire to check both political dissent and social unrest. Also questions the compatibility of democratic government and political policing by examining examples in twentieth century Germany and Italy, as well as Interpol ER -