Agents of Influence: Britain’s Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA - Couverture souple

Edwards, Aaron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785373412 ISBN 13 : 9781785373411

Editeur : Merrion Press, 2021

Synopsis

Recruited by British Intelligence to infiltrate the IRA and Sinn Féin during the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles, they were ‘agents of influence’. With codenames like INFLICTION, STAKEKNIFE, 3007 and CAROL, these spies played a pivotal role in the fight against Irish republicanism. Now, for the first time, some of these agents have emerged from the shadows to tell their compelling stories. Agents of Influence takes you behind the scenes of the secret intelligence war which helped bring the IRA’s armed struggle to an end.

Historian Aaron Edwards, the critically acclaimed author of UVF: Behind the Mask, explains how the IRA was penetrated by British agents, with explosive new revelations about the hidden agendas of prominent republicans like Martin McGuinness and Freddie Scappaticci and lesser-known ones like Joe Haughey and John Joe Magee. Bringing to light recently declassified TOP SECRET documents and the firsthand testimonies of agents and their handlers, Edwards reveals how British Intelligence gained extraordinary access to the IRA’s inner circle and manipulated them into engaging with the peace process.

With new insights into the spy masters behind the scenes, their strategies and tactics, and Britain’s international intelligence network in Northern Ireland, Europe, and beyond, Agents of Influence offers a rare and shocking glimpse into the clandestine world of secret agents, British intelligence strategy and the betrayal at the heart of militant Irish republicanism during the vicious decades of the Troubles.

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À propos de l'auteur

<b>Aaron Edwards</b> is a Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Leicester. He is the author of several books, including <i>Mad Mitch s Tribal Law: Aden and the End of Empire</i> (2014) and <i>UVF: Behind the Mask</i> (2017). His work has featured in <i>The Irish Times, Belfast Telegraph, Belfast NewsLetter</i> and <i>The Irish News</i>.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Merrion Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785373412
• ISBN 13: 9781785373411
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 332
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