Big Boys' Rules: The Sas and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA

By Mark Urban and mark-urban

Book Overview

In this book, defence specialist and war correspondent Mark Urban explores covert operations against the IRA from the mid-1970s to the Loughgall shooting in 1987. Drawing on interviews with people who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571168094
• ISBN13: 9780571168095
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Faber Paperbacks
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.7" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Compelling and thought provoking

Having served a number of times as an officer in Northern Ireland, this book filled in a number of gaps in my own knowledge. The reading of this book should be compulsory for anyone wishing to comment on the fight against Irish terrorism and the methods employed by each opposing side.

Compelling Reading

An overview of the SAS fight against the IRA, it appears that a shoot to kill policy may have been in place as the SAS killed many IRA terrorists during their covert operations.Great insight into the skill and sophistication of the IRA and the SAS.