"He has roamed through mountains of sources and a careful reading of his detailed list of archival files is in itself an education in the history of the European police." German Studies Review

• Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: How do we define modern police?; 1. Five national police styles in response to popular unrest in the nineteenth century; 2. Modern police and the conduct of foreign policy: the French police and the recovery of France after 1871; 3. International police collaboration from the 1870s to 1914; 4. War and revolution, 1914–1922; 5. The threat of totalitarianism: Nazi Germany's bid for European hegemony; Epilogue; List of archival; Index.

"He has roamed through mountains of sources and a careful reading of his detailed list of archival files is in itself an education in the history of the European police." German Studies Review

• Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: How do we define modern police?; 1. Five national police styles in response to popular unrest in the nineteenth century; 2. Modern police and the conduct of foreign policy: the French police and the recovery of France after 1871; 3. International police collaboration from the 1870s to 1914; 4. War and revolution, 1914–1922; 5. The threat of totalitarianism: Nazi Germany's bid for European hegemony; Epilogue; List of archival; Index.

"He has roamed through mountains of sources and a careful reading of his detailed list of archival files is in itself an education in the history of the European police." German Studies Review

• Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: How do we define modern police?; 1. Five national police styles in response to popular unrest in the nineteenth century; 2. Modern police and the conduct of foreign policy: the French police and the recovery of France after 1871; 3. International police collaboration from the 1870s to 1914; 4. War and revolution, 1914–1922; 5. The threat of totalitarianism: Nazi Germany's bid for European hegemony; Epilogue; List of archival; Index.