In this book, defence specialist and war correspondent Mark Urban explores covert operations against the IRA from the mid-1970s to the Loughgall shooting in 1987. Drawing on interviews with people who have served at the heart of intelligence and special operations in Ulster, as well as with members of paramilitary groups, this book examines the roles of the army, the police and special branch, as well as both MI5 and MI6. The book also looks at the shoot to kill allegations, and records members of the security forces describing the deliberate deception of the press and courts in Ulster. The author also reveals many details including the events which lead up to the killing of eight IRA members in May 1987 in the village of Loughgall.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Compelling and thought provoking,
By "gordyboywonder" (Arbroath, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Big Boys' Rules: The Sas and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA (Paperback)
Having served a number of times as an officer in Northern Ireland, this book filled in a number of gaps in my own knowledge. The reading of this book should be compulsory for anyone wishing to comment on the fight against Irish terrorism and the methods employed by each opposing side.
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Helps rip the lid off the undercover war,
By Sugafoot (The Fields of Athenry) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Big Boy's Rules: The Secret Struggles Against the IRA (Hardcover)
The subtitle of this book "The SAS and the secret struggle against the IRA," is slightly misleading because it is about more than the SAS's struggle against the IRA. But how all covert units and agencies of the British and even allied nations such as the American FBI were employed in this fight. It describes how the British apparatus for fighting the IRA was structured, how this buerocratic machine deployed various units, and finally how these units executed tasks in the field. However, I caution the reader to do so warily some disinformation does crop up. For example this volume attributes the SAS's foreknowledge which led to the ambush at Loughgall to informant intelligence when in fact it is now understood to have been generated by an electronic bug.
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This review is from: Big Boys' Rules: The Sas and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA (Paperback)
An overview of the SAS fight against the IRA, it appears that a shoot to kill policy may have been in place as the SAS killed many IRA terrorists during their covert operations.Great insight into the skill and sophistication of the IRA and the SAS.
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