num_pages: 280
description: This title is a best-seller. It is an explosive expose of how British military intelligence really works, from the inside. The stories of two undercover agents - Brian Nelson, who worked for the Force Research Unit (FRU), aiding loyalist terrorists and murderers in their bloody work; and the man known as Stakeknife, deputy head of the IRA's infamous 'Nutting Squad', the internal security force which tortured and killed suspected informers.
language: English
title: Stakeknife : Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland
titlecomplete: Stakeknife : Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland
genres: Ireland, Politics, Nonfiction, Irish Literature, Military Fiction, Crime, History
ratings_count: 472
publisher: Gardners Books