Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
31.03.2026
Verlag
Thin Blue BooksSeitenzahl
204
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/1,8 cm
Gewicht
527 g
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798218911850
What does it truly mean to wear the badge in America?
In Thin Blue Line: Life Behind the Badge, retired Sergeant Michael Barron pulls back the curtain on a profession few truly understand and even fewer survive unchanged. Drawing from his own career and the firsthand accounts of dozens of officers, Barron delivers an unfiltered look at life on the street-where split-second decisions carry life-or-death consequences and the line between order and chaos is razor thin.
For more than 42 years, The BLUES published monthly "war stories" from law enforcement officers across the country.
Now, Barron-founder and editor-in-chief of The BLUES-has assembled the most powerful, haunting, and unforgettable of those stories into one riveting volume. Thin Blue Line takes readers behind the scenes of real officer-involved shootings, volatile domestic disturbances, close calls, and the devastating loss of fellow officers killed in the line of duty.
Barron writes not only as a journalist and editor, but as a survivor. A veteran officer who himself was involved in not one, but two officer-involved shootings, he brings a raw authenticity to every page. His voice captures the fear, adrenaline, guilt, camaraderie, and resilience that define the profession-along with the dark, often misunderstood humor cops use to cope with the job's relentless stress.
At times intense, at times heartbreaking, and at times unexpectedly funny, Thin Blue Line: Life Behind the Badge is more than a collection of stories-it is a testament to the men and women who hold the line between society and chaos - in their world it's called the Thin Blue Line. And the cost to hold that line is personal and many times deadly.
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