Dead Man Running: The True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the Ira and Mi5
Language: English
Published by Mainstream Pub Co Ltd (edition First Edition), 1999
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- Title
- Dead Man Running: The True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the Ira and Mi5
- Author
- Martin McGartland
- Publisher
- Mainstream Pub Co Ltd (edition First Edition)
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1840181605
- ISBN 13
- 9781840181609
- Edition
- First Edition.
After being resettled on the mainland and given a new identity, however, he discovered that his capture by the IRA had not been as a result of Provo intelligence. He had been deliberately sacrificed by MI5. Angry, bitter and determined to discover the truth, Martin McGartland set about challenging the mysterious government agencies who had organised his abduction. But the authorities were determined to undermine his efforts. He found himself battling the full force of the British legal system, including the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and senior officers of the RUC, as well as those of MI5 and the Home Secretary himself.
Undeterred by the forces against him, Martin McGartland took his life in his hands. He believed the only way to discover why MI5 had decided to sacrifice him was to travel alone back to Belfast to talk to people whom he hoped could solve the mystery of MI5's bid to organise his execution.
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McGartland was no doubt expecting that that was going to pretty much be that as far as books were concerned, and that he could go back to rebuilding a life under an assumed name in northern England. Instead, we have Dead Man Running which, while less sensational and gung-ho than its predecessor, is an altogether darker and more disturbing read. Dead Man Running begins with a phone call from one of McGartland's former Special Branch handlers in Northern Ireland, who tells him that MI5 had actually conspired with the IRA to get McGartland killed and were very annoyed that he had managed to escape. If this has all the hallmarks of a paranoid conspiracy theory, then one can't deny that McGartland is a very convincing conspiracist. He tells of the reluctance of Special Branch to provide adequate protection and how the Northumberland police constantly harassed him-- even though they knew who he was--until he was forced to break his cover in open court, thereby making him an easy target for the IRA death squads, in order to clear his name of criminal charges.
But Dead Man Running is more than one man's search for the truth. It is also a fascinating insight into the murky world of Irish politics. We have all heard the gruesome details of the punishment beatings, but McGartland lifts the lid on the compromises that the establishment is prepared to make to reach a settlement with the terrorists. It is a world where people mean nothing and appearance is all, and it leaves you wondering whether a peace at any price is a peace worth having and whether the Good Friday Agreement is worth the paper it's written on. --John Crace
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