Stakeknife : Britain's secret agents in Ireland
2004, First Edition. Dublin : O'Brien Press. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly edgeworn and dust-dulled, with prelims and text edges faintly foxed. Remains strong and well-preserved overall; internally tight and clean. Item #474890
ISBN: 0862788439
Physical description; 266 pages, 8 pages of plates ; 20 cm. Notes; Co-author: Greg Harkin. Includes glossary of abbreviations. Contents; Introduction / Martin Ingram – Introduction / Greg Harkin – Inside the Force Research Unit – Recruiting and running an agent – Human intelligence – The agent Stakeknife – Fear and hypocrisy : the nutting squad – Murders in the Republic and Northern Ireland – 'Get Danny Morrison' – The real Brian Nelson – A litany of death : agent 6137 – The murder of Pat Finucane – Collusion and conspiracy. Subjects; Stakeknife. Nelson, Brian (b. 1950). Great Britain. Army. Force Research Unit. Spies – Northern Ireland – Biography. Informers – Northern Ireland. Military intelligence – Great Britain. Military intelligence – Northern Ireland. Political violence – Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland – Politics and government – 1968-1998. Northern Ireland – Politics and government – 1998-. The Troubles. Collusion. Espionage.
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