Big boys' rules
Subtitle: the secret struggle against the IRA
By: Mark Urban.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Provisional IRA.; Great Britain. -- Army. -- Special Air Service.; Terrorism -- Northern Ireland.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 256) and index.