Binding: Paperback
Description: The exposure of two senior republicans as informers for British intelligence in 2005 led to a popular perception that the IR a had 'lost the intelligence war and was pressurised into peace. In this first in - depth study across the entire conflict Thomas Leahy re - evaluates the successes and failures of Britain's intelligence activities against the IR a from the use of agents and informers to special - forces surveillance and electronic intelligence. Using new interview material alongside memoirs and Irish and UK archival materials he suggests that the IR a was not forced into peace by British intelligence. His work sheds new light on key questions in intelligence and security studies. How does British intelligence operate against paramilitaries? Is it effective? When should governments 'talk to terrorists'? And does regional variation explain the outcome of intelligence conflicts? This is a major contribution to the history of the conflict and of why peace emerged in Northern Ireland.
Title: The Intelligence War Against The Ira
Author(s): Leahy Thomas (Cardiff University)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108720403
Pages: 350 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises
Publication Date: 4/23/2020
Category: Military Intelligence