The Irish War - Softcover

Geraghty, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006386741 ISBN 13: 9780006386742

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000

Synopsis

A full and definitive account of the war waged between Irish Republicans and England over three centuries by the bestselling author of 'Who Dares Wins', with emphasis on the latterday role of the special forces.

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Review:

"Geraghty has produced a book both readable and alarming. The first third is a well-observed account of a largely visible British war machine coping with the horrors of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The last third is devoted to militarism in Ireland up to 1921. But it is the middle third, the covert war, that astonishes. We learn that [British Intelligence] had a habit of enticing suspects away from home with lavish 'dodgy' holidays in the sun by faking breakfast-food competitions. While the target was away, the Security Service would plant a host of listening devices, which might include a miniaturized video camera inside a domestic light switch." -- Herald (Glasgow)

From the Back Cover:

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE BITTER INHERITANCE OF A 300-YEAR OLD WAR.

As the IRA turned political agitation into practised urban warfare, the British government responded with increasingly sophisticated counter-measures. Both sides played down their intentions while behind the scenes they developed the strategy and technology of full-fledged war.

With access to top-level experts, military veteran and historian Tony Geraghty reveals the sinister pattern of action and reaction in this domestic conflict. Whether or not the politics of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement finally break the grip of the “physical force tradition”, the legacy of covert warfare engendered by this long and bloody struggle will affect British and Irish liberty for years to come.

Praise for Tony Geraghty’s 'BRIXMIS'

“Knocks the spots off most fictional attempts to tackle the same subjects.”
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ECONOMIST
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“Geraghty is one of the few military writers who could have delivered this excellent book.”
'SUNDAY TIMES'

“Deighton, Le CArre, Forsyth and Co., eat your hearts out. There’s nothing like a true spy story to knock the fiction off the bookshelf and former Para Tony Geraghty has delivered the killer punch.”
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SOLDIER MAGAZINE
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0006386741
• ISBN 13: 9780006386742
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448