The Deadly Game (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by The History Press Ltd, Stroud, 2025
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Paperback. SOUTH ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND, 1983. Will Britten, 23, has just qualified as an agent handler for the British Army's ultra-secret Force Research Unit. He and a fellow agent handler complete the detailed paperwork following a covert meet with one of the Detachment's most important agents, who has successfully infiltrated 'Mad Dog' McGlinchey's INLA Active Service Unit. A few days later, there is a phone call. The draft Contact Form wasn't put in the burn bag. Both PIRA and INLA now know his real name. What would you do? The Deadly Game is the memoir of a military intelligence officer with the FRU a unit so secret that the rest of the army barely knew it existed. Their role was to infiltrate terrorist cells on both sides of the Troubles, to gather intelligence and disrupt them from the inside. Will Britten provides a unique insight into one of the most successful intelligence units of all time, and the part they played in ultimately bringing Republican terror to the negotiating table. AUTHOR: Will Britten served in the British Army from 1978 to 2005 and was a senior officer in the Intelligence Corps. He operated as a HUMINT officer in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Cyprus and Iraq. He was part of the BRIXMIS unit, a unique liaison unit, in East Germany and witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall. He subsequently operated as a Military Intelligence Liaison Officer in some of the world's hotspots, including Sierra Leone, Kosovo and Angola, and directed the UK military's covert intelligence training at the Specialist Intelligence Wing, in Ashford, Kent. 20 colour illustrations This is the first in-depth look at agent-handling and agent-handling operations in Northern Ireland targeting the IRAs deadliest and most professional unit, South Armagh PIRA Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Deadly Game (Paperback)
- Author
- Will Britten
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd, Stroud
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1837050201
- ISBN 13
- 9781837050208
‘This was life in the Force Research Unit, and this was how we ran agent operations. Will is revelatory, insightful, thoughtful and honest. It doesn’t get better or more real than this!’ – ‘TC’ GM, QGM, recruiter of ‘Stakeknife’
SOUTH ARMAGH, NORTHERN IRELAND, 1983. Will Britten, 23, has just qualified as an agent handler for the British Army’s ultra-secret Force Research Unit. He and a fellow agent handler complete the detailed paperwork following a covert meet with one of the Detachment’s most important agents, who has successfully infiltrated ‘Mad Dog’ McGlinchey’s INLA Active Service Unit.
A few days later, there is a phone call. The draft Contact Form wasn’t put in the burn bag. Both PIRA and INLA now know his real name.
What would you do?
The Deadly Game is the memoir of a military intelligence officer with the FRU – a unit so secret that the rest of the army barely knew it existed. Their role was to infiltrate terrorist cells on both sides of the Troubles, to gather intelligence and disrupt them from the inside. In this updated edition, Will Britten provides a unique insight into one of the most successful intelligence units of all time, and the part they played in ultimately bringing Republican terror to the negotiating table.
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