A Force Like No Other: The Last Shift: More real stories from the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles

Breen, Colin

ISBN 10: 1780733313 / ISBN 13: 9781780733319

Published by Blackstaff Press, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Force Like No Other: The Last Shift: More real stories from the RUC men and women who policed the Troubles
• Publisher: Blackstaff Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780733313
• ISBN 13: 9781780733319
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1789912774.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 39573777
• Signed: 9/20/2026 1:59:34 PM
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Synopsis

In this final part to his bestselling A Force Like No Other series, Colin Breen brings together more compelling insider stories from RUC officers who served during the Troubles.

"A most powerful and unique insight into the world’s most dangerous job in policing in the 1970s and '80s." ⁠— Henry McDonald, Observer and Guardian

"This book of real RUC insider anecdotes…has, of course, the best possible sources – the cops themselves." ⁠— Hugh Jordan, Sunday World

"A Force Like No Other recalls the horrors of the Troubles but also some of the funnier stories of everyday life as a cop." ⁠— Stephen Gordon, Sunday Life

About the Author

Colin Breen is a freelance journalist, screenwriter and broadcaster. He has written extensively for many newspapers, including the Belfast Telegraph, Sunday Life and Herald Dublin, and is a regular commentator on local and national radio, television and the BBC World Service. He served as an officer in the RUC for over fourteen years at the height of the Troubles.