The intelligence war against the IRA /
The exposure of two senior republicans as informers for British intelligence in 2005 led to a popular perception that the IRA had 'lost' the intelligence war and was pressurized into peace. In this first in-depth study across the entire conflict, Thomas Leahy reevaluates the successes and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | The exposure of two senior republicans as informers for British intelligence in 2005 led to a popular perception that the IRA had 'lost' the intelligence war and was pressurized into peace. In this first in-depth study across the entire conflict, Thomas Leahy reevaluates the successes and failures of Britain's intelligence activities against the IRA from the use of agents and informers to special-forces, surveillance and electronic intelligence. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 343 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108487504 1108487505 9781108720403 1108720404 |