The Intelligence War against the IRA

The Intelligence War against the IRA\n\nThomas Leahy investigates whether informers, Special Forces and other British intelligence operations forced the IRA into peace in the 1990s.\n\nThomas Leahy (Author)\n\n9781108487504 (SKU 3293323), Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 26 March 2020\n\n350 pages\n23.4 x 15.7 x 2.2 cm, 0.62 kg\n\n'This well-researched and argued study will interest students of Northern Ireland, political violence, and counterinsurgency.' A. H. Plunkett, Choice\n\nThe exposure of two senior republicans as informers for British intelligence in 2005 led to a popular perception that the IRA 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 IRA, from the use of agents and informers to special-forces, surveillance and electronic intelligence. Using new interview material alongside memo]