Dirty War

Name: Dirty War
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ISBN: 9780415922814

ISBN-10: 041592281X

ISBN-13: 9780415922814

Edition: 1999

Authors: Martin Dillon

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1969 was a year of rising tension, violence and change for the people of Northern Ireland. Rioting in Derry's Bogside led to the deployment of British troops and a shortlived, uneasy truce. The British army soon found itself engaged in an undercover war against the Provisional IRA, which was to last for more than twenty years. In this enthralling and controversial book, Martin Dillon examines the roles played by the Provisional IRA, the State forces, the Irish Government and the British Army during this troubled period. He unravels the mystery of a war in which informers, agents and double agents operate, and reveals disturbing facts about the way in which the terrorists and the…

Book details

List price: $58.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/17/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Martin Dillon has won international acclaim for his unique investigative reporting and is regarded as one of the foremost experts on global terrorism. He is the author of 14 books. His bestselling trilogy The Shankill Butchers, The Dirty War and God and the Gun, from his non-fiction work, is regarded as the definitive account of the Ireland conflict. He also co-authored Rogue Warrior of the SAS: The Blair Mayne Legend and The Assassination of Robert Maxwell: Israel's Superspy. He lives in New York.



Map of Northern Ireland


Acknowledgements


Foreword


Map of Belfast


Author's Preface


Chronology of Major Events in Northern Ireland: 1969-1989


Prologue



The Hidden Agenda: Civil Rights, the Dublin Government and the IRA



Gangs, Counter-Gangs and Secret Burials



The Sting: British Intelligence and the IRA



Playing It Dirty: British Agents in Ireland



The Pitchfork Killings



Robert Nairac: Hero or Villain?



Dirty Tricks and Conspiracies: Holroyd and Wallace



Killers in the Ranks: Loyalist Terror Groups and the Security Forces



Honeytraps



Secret Liaisons: The Security Forces and the UDA



Airey Neave and the INLA: The Unseen Hand?



Agents, Informers and Double Agents



A Dead Man's Revenge: IRA Informers and Arms Discoveries



Treachery and Special Branch Spies



The Technology of Surveillance



Money, Qadhafi, Guns



Killing for Profit: Criminal Alliances and Terrorism


Conclusion: The Dirty War Goes On


Postscript



The Green Book


Index