Urban, Mark
Big Boys' Rules: SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA
- ISBN 13:
- 9780571168095
- author:
- Urban, Mark
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1996
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 19.7 x 12.6 x 2 centimetres (0.1
- Genre:
- Espionage & secret services
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Big Boys' Rules: The Secret Struggle Against the IRA In the late 1970s and early 1980s, covert operations against the IRA were a defining feature of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Defence specialist and war correspondent Mark Urban explores this period in detail, drawing on interviews with those who served at the heart of intelligence and special operations, as well as with members of paramilitary groups. Urban examines the complex relationships between the army, police, special branch, MI5, and MI6, revealing the ways in which these agencies worked together to counter the IRA's activities. He also looks at the shoot-to-kill allegations and the deliberate deception of the press and courts in Ulster. The book sheds new light on the events leading up to the killing of eight IRA members in May 1987 in the village of Loughgall.
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