Book review please: The Last Hundred Yards by John Poole
1) Who's read it?
2) What did you think of it?
3) Is it a worthwhile read for police officers with things like active shooters, baricaded suspects, high risk warrant service, etc., in mind (Common sense and gut hunch says that it would be just for principals, but I want to know what people who've read it say).
The Amazon reviews were favorable but I wanted to get the opinion of boardmembers here.
I come down between the two views
Like Jon, Poole gets to wrapped up in Pooleisms for me. Wilf is correct in that it has some merit if you can wade through that. I don't recall a lot of relativity for LE (but you should recall my recall ain't what it was... :wry:). My son, the military history nut who has more books than my local Library, bought it (and several of Poole's later books) and let me read it (and them -- agree with Wilf, don't bother with the others). Doubt I'd have bought it myself, mostly because I was about to retire for the second time when it was published back in the mid-90s...